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Electoral District Of Lytton
Lytton is an Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, to the south of the Brisbane River. It is named for the suburb of Lytton, Queensland, Lytton and also includes the suburbs of Hemmant, Queensland, Hemmant, Lota, Queensland, Lota, Manly, Queensland, Manly and Wynnum, Queensland, Wynnum, as well as the Port of Brisbane. The electorate was first created for the 1972 Queensland state election, 1972 election. Lytton is normally a safe Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch), Labor Party seat, although it was won in 2012 by the Liberal National Party of Queensland, Liberal National Party. Members for Lytton Election results : : References External links * {{Electoral districts of Queensland Electoral districts of Queensland, Lytton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Pease
Joan Ellen Pease (born 15 September 1961) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Lytton in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ... since 2015. Her previous work included providing training programs for the long term unemployed and running a small business. References 1961 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Labor Right politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Politicians from Brisbane {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemmant, Queensland
Hemmant is an eastern riverside Suburbs and localities (Australia), suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Hemmant had a population of 2,886 people. Geography Hemmant is by road east of the Brisbane CBD. Hemmant is bounded by the Brisbane River to the north and Bulimba Creek to the west. The Fisherman Islands railway line, Fishermans Islands freight railway line and the Cleveland railway line run parallel through the suburb from west (Murarrie, Queensland, Murarrie) to east (Wynnum West, Queensland, Wynnum West). The Hemmant railway station serves the suburb with passenger services on the Cleveland line (). The Port of Brisbane Motorway and Lytton Road both enter the suburb from the west (Murarrie) and exit to the north-west (Lytton, Queensland, Lytton). The destination for both routes is ultimately the Port of Brisbane. The land north of the railway lines (where the major roads pass through) is principally used for industrial purposes influenced b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-party-preferred Vote
In Australian politics, the two-party-preferred vote (TPP or 2PP), is the result of an opinion poll or a projection of an election result where preferences are distributed to one of the two major parties, the Labor Party and the Liberal/National Coalition e.g. "Coalition 50%, Labor 50%. The preference distribution is usually based upon the results of the last election, and the votes for other candidates are distributed between to the two parties. As such the TPP is a rough indicator of voting intent that focuses on determining the likely majority in the lower house. It is compared to previous values to predict the swing and hence the likelihood of a change in government between the major parties. The TPP assumes a two-party system of government, i.e. that after distribution of votes from less successful candidates, the two remaining candidates will be from each of the two major parties. It provides no indication of the number of representatives of other parties or independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Symes
Neil Aaron Symes (born 11 December 1988) is an Australian politician who was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Lytton from 2012 to 2015.Lytton – Queensland Votes 2012 . Australian Broadcasting Corporation.au (4 April 2012). Retrieved 2013-04-02. He was the youngest member of the Queensland Parliament during his term. Symes was educated at the and . He graduated with a bachelor's degree in criminology and human services, majoring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Lucas (politician)
Paul Thomas Lucas (born 9 July 1962) is an Australian former politician who served as the Attorney-General of Queensland and Minister for Local Government and Special Minister of State in the Bligh Government and the Member for Lytton from 1996 until his retirement at the 2012 state election. Lucas was a solicitor prior to entering Parliament, and has a bachelor's degrees in Economics and in Law and a Master of Business Administration. Political career Lucas was elected to the Queensland Parliament in October 1996 at a by-election for the seat of Lytton, vacated by former Deputy Premier Tom Burns. Lucas was previously the Deputy Premier and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning between September 2007 and March 2009. Lucas served as Minister for Transport and Main Roads between 2004 and 2007. Prior to that he was Minister for Innovation and Information Economy, with ministerial responsibility for Energy between 2001 and 2004. Lucas was once under investigation for elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Burns (Australian Politician)
Thomas James Burns AO (27 October 1931 – 4 June 2007) was an Australian politician who led the Labor Party (ALP) in Queensland between 1974 and 1978 and was Deputy Premier of Queensland between 1989 and 1996. He served as the Member for Lytton in the Parliament of Queensland between 1972 and 1996. Burns had previously served as the Federal President of Labor between 1970 and 1973, playing a key role in modernising the party prior to the election of Gough Whitlam as the Prime Minister of Australia in 1972. Early life and career Tom Burns was born in Maryborough, Queensland in October 1931. After attending Brisbane Grammar School, he spent six years in the Royal Australian Air Force before becoming involved in politics. Burns worked as an organiser for the Labor Party between 1960 and 1965 before his promotion to the position as Queensland State Secretary of the ALP. As State Secretary, he played a critical role in persuading the Queensland delegates to the National Executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal National Party Of Queensland
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major conservative political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. In most other states, the two parties remain separate and distinct. Federal LNP parliamentarians sit in the party room of either the Liberals or the Nationals, depending on which federal party their seat has been allocated to by the LNP. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia. After suffering defeat at its first election in 2009 the LNP won government for the first time at the 2012 election, winning 78 out of 89 seats, a record majority in the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Campbell Newman became the first LNP Premier of Queensland. The Newman Government was subsequently defeated by the Labor Party at the 2015 election. Since 1989, the LNP and its predecessor parties have been in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1972 Queensland State Election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 27 May 1972 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The Country- Liberal Coalition won its sixth consecutive victory since it won government in 1957 and also its second victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Key dates Results Seats changing hands * ¶ Results for Albert based on 1970 by-election * Bill Heatley died in October 1971, but no by-election was called due to the proximity of the 1972 election. * In addition, the Liberal Party retained Maryborough, which was won from Labor at the 1971 by-election. * Aubigny, which was the last seat held by the Democratic Labor Party, was abolished at this election and its outgoing member, Les Diplock, retired. Post-election pendulum See also * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1969–1972 * Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1972–1974 * Candidates of the Queensland state election, 1972 * Bjel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Of Brisbane
Port of Brisbane is the main shipping port and a coastal suburb of the City of Brisbane, on the east coast of Queensland, Australia. In the , Port of Brisbane had "no people or a very low population". Geography Port of Brisbane is located in the lower reaches of the Brisbane River on Fisherman Islands, an artificial island reclaimed from the smaller Fisherman Islands group at the mouth of the river, adjacent to Brisbane Airport. It currently is the third busiest port in Australia and the nation's fastest growing container port. It is the endpoint of the main shipping channel across Moreton Bay which extends north to Mooloolaba and is dredged to maintain a depth of at the lowest tide. Queensland's next two largest ports are the Port of Gladstone and the Port of Townsville. According to the former Queensland Department of Primary Industries the Port of Brisbane was the most likely entry point of the South American fire ant to Australia. About 60% of the coal transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynnum, Queensland
Wynnum is a coastal suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The suburb is a popular destination in Brisbane due to its coastline, jetty and tidal wading pool. In the , Wynnum had a population of 14,036 people. Wynnum and the adjoining suburb Manly were once known as twin towns. Geography Wynnum is on the shores of Moreton Bay in Brisbane, Australia, about by road east of the Brisbane GPO. Toponymy Wynnum likely derives from a Durubalic word meaning pandanus palm (aka 'breadfruit') or mud crab. History Aboriginal history of Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) stretches back over 25,000 years and Aboriginal connection to the Wynnum area (Originally Winnam) has remained strong throughout European colonisation. Thomas Petrie, a visitor in the 1840s, described Wynnum as a large Aboriginal camp (centred on what is now Elanora Park , referred to as Black's Camp as late as the 1980s) for launching expeditions to hunt turtle, dugong and flying fox on the neighbouring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manly, Queensland
Manly is an eastern bayside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Manly had a population of 4,273 people. Geography Manly is located by road east of the Brisbane GPO. Surrounding suburbs are Wynnum (to the north), Lota (to the south) and Manly West (to the west). To the east lies Moreton Bay (). Manly has the following headlands: * Darling Point () * Norfolk Point () Rose Bay is between Darling Point and Norfolk Point (). On 9 September 2011, it was named after the historic Rose Bay Estate was a subdivision of land owned by Captain George Poynter Heath in the 1880s. He was Brisbane's first harbour master. Eastwood Beach is on the shoreline of Rowes Bay,(or should this be ROSE BAY?) between the Esplanade and Trafalgar Street (). On 9 September 2011, it was named after Mr Les Eastwood for creating the beach with the Rotary Club of Wynnum and Manly. Manly Boat Harbour marina to the south of Norfolk Point, in the south-east of the suburb, (). Manl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lota, Queensland
Lota is an eastern bayside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Lota had a population of 3,518 people. Geography Lota is by road east of the Brisbane CBD. The coastline of the suburb has mudflats and mangrove wetlands extending into Moreton Bay. Lota Creek loosely bounds the suburb to the south and flows into Moreton Bay at the south-east of the suburb (). Fig Tree Point is a headland at the midpoint of the coastline (). The terrain ranges from above sea level with the lower land along the eastern coast and along the creek to the south. The land rises towards the north and west. The Cleveland railway line enters the suburb from the north-west ( Manly West / Manly) and exits to the south across Lota Creek to Ransome. The suburb is served by Lota railway station on Railway Terrace in the south of the suburb (). There is a pedestrian bridge over the railway line at the station (). The suburb is of primarily post-war residential make-up but is g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
