Electoral district of Gladstone

Gladstone Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Gladstone (2008—)
State	Queensland
Created	1992
MP	Glenn Butcher
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Gladstone
Electors	35,381 (2015)
Area	6,718 km^2 (2,593.8 sq mi)
Coordinates	23°57′S 151°21′E / 23.950°S 151.350°ECoordinates: 23°57′S 151°21′E / 23.950°S 151.350°E

Gladstone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The current member is Labor MP Glenn Butcher. Butcher won the seat following the retirement of long-serving independent Liz Cunningham, who won the seat on National Party preferences after defeating then Labor MP Neil Bennett at the 1995 election. Cunningham was a well-known local figure, having previously been Mayor of the Shire of Calliope prior to entering State politics.

Even though Cunningham had held the seat without much difficulty, Gladstone had always been a safe Labor seat in calculations of "traditional" two-party matchups (i.e., Labor vs. National/LNP). The city of Gladstone has been a Labor stronghold for the better part of a century. Proving this, Labor would have held the seat on a margin of 11 percent during its meltdown of 2012. Thus, it was not considered an upset when Butcher, who had been Cunningham's Labor opponent in 2012, easily reclaimed the seat for Labor at the 2015 election.

The seat of Gladstone consists of the city of Gladstone and the towns of the former Shire of Calliope. This includes the town of Calliope, and the localities of Ambrose, Benaraby, Boyne Island, Builyan Mount Larcom, Tannum Sands and Ubobo.

The seat was created as a reconfigured version of Port Curtis for the 1992 election.

Members for Gladstone

Member		Party	Term
	Neil Bennett	Labor	1992–1995
	Liz Cunningham	Independent	1995–2015
	Glenn Butcher	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Gladstone^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Glenn Butcher	16,512	52.42	+23.23
	Independent	Craig Butler	8,981	28.51	+28.51
	Liberal National	Michael Duggan	4,784	15.19	+4.33
	Greens	Craig Tomsett	1,221	3.88	+1.77
Total formal votes			31,498	98.18	−0.18
Informal votes			583	1.82	+0.18
Turnout			32,081	90.67	−0.24
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Glenn Butcher	17,152	61.89	+25.92
	Independent	Craig Butler	10,561	38.11	+38.11
	Labor gain from Independent		Swing	+25.92

References

1. 2015 State General Election - Gladstone - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)