Electoral district of Murrumba

Murrumba Queensland—Legislative Assembly
300px Murrumba (2008—)
State	Queensland
MP	Chris Whiting
Party	Labor
Namesake	An Aboriginal word for good
Electors	39,113 (2015)
Area	115 km2 (44.4 sq mi)
Coordinates

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

The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell. The electorate was first contested in 1912.

Members for Murrumba

Member		Party	Term
	James Forsyth	Ministerialist/Opposition	1912–1918
	Richard Warren	Country	1918–1932
	Frank Nicklin	Country	1932–1950
	David Nicholson	Country	1950–1972
	Des Frawley	Country	1972–1975
		National Country	1975–1977
	Joe Kruger	Labor	1977–1986
	Dean Wells	Labor	1986–2012
	Reg Gulley	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Chris Whiting	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Murrumba

Queensland state election, 2015: Murrumba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Whiting	16,997	49.45	+17.03
	Liberal National	Reg Gulley	13,194	38.38	−10.73
	Greens	Simone Dejun	2,131	6.20	+1.32
	Family First	Ray Hutchinson	2,051	5.97	+0.29
Total formal votes			34,373	97.82	+0.11
Informal votes			767	2.18	−0.11
Turnout			35,140	89.80	−2.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Whiting	18,934	57.35	+16.87
	Liberal National	Reg Gulley	14,079	42.65	−16.87
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+16.87

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)