The Division of Longman is an Australian electoral division in

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between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.

History

The division was first proclaimed in 1994. The division is named after

Irene Longman Irene Maud Longman (; 24 April 1877 – 29 July 1964) was an Australian community worker and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Parliament of Queensland, representing the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Bulimba from 192 ...

, the first female member of the

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and the third woman elected to a parliament in Australia. Wyatt Roy, who represented the electorate between

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, was Australia's youngest ever parliamentarian elected at the time.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the

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. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. Longman covers much of the

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, including the former Caboolture Shire and some of the former

Pine Rivers The Shire of Pine Rivers was a local government area about north of Brisbane in the Moreton Bay region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed as a local government entity from 1888 until 2008, when it a ...

. Its boundaries include Beachmere,

Bribie Island Bribie Island is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand islands forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island. Bribie Island is ...

Burpengary Burpengary is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 16,488 people. It is by road from the Brisbane central business district. Geography The locality is boun ...

Dakabin Dakabin is a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , Dakabin had a population of 5,275 people. Geography The western boundary is aligned with the North Coast railway line, Quee ...

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, Kallangur, Ningi, Toorbul,

Caboolture Caboolture () is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is located on the northern side of the Caboolture River. In the , the suburb of Caboolture had a population of 29,534 people. Geography Caboolture is ...

, Caboolture South, Morayfield,

Wamuran Wamuran is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Wamuran had a population of 3,374 people. Wamuran is known for its roadside stalls selling the ...

, Woodford and

Narangba Narangba is a town and suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. It is located north of Brisbane CBD. This suburb has rural origins, but is being redeveloped as a residential suburb on the outskirts of the greater Brisbane metro ...

Members

Election results

Notes

References

External links

Division of Longman (Qld)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Longman, Division of Electoral divisions of Australia Electoral divisions of Australia in Queensland Constituencies established in 1996 1996 establishments in Australia Federal politics in Queensland