Australian electorate
| Jordan Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Jordan, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Charis Mullen | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Vi Jordan | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 39,041 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 314 km (121.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°44′49″S 152°55′20″E / 27.7470°S 152.9221°E / -27.7470; 152.9221 | ||||||||||||||
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Jordan is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It was named after politician Vi Jordan, second female Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Based on the area between Ipswich and Logan, Jordan consists of the suburbs of Gailes, Carole Park, Camira, Brookwater, Augustine Heights, Springfield, Greenbank, New Beith, Lyons and Undullah.
From results of the 2015 election, Jordan was estimated to be a safe seat for the Labor Party with a margin of 13.5%.
Members for Jordan
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charis Mullen | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Jordan This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Jordan.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Charis Mullen | 19,225 | 48.6 | −6.9 | |
| Liberal National | Kevin Burns | 12,300 | 31.1 | +8.4 | |
| Greens | Dung Tran | 4,106 | 10.4 | −0.4 | |
| One Nation | Sabeh Abou Chahla | 2,866 | 7.2 | −3.9 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Pucci | 1,085 | 2.7 | +2.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 39,582 | 95.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,842 | 4.4 | |||
| Turnout | 41,424 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Charis Mullen | 23,729 | 59.9 | −7.2 | |
| Liberal National | Kevin Burns | 15,853 | 40.1 | +7.2 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -7.2 | |||
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
- ^ Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 183. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- "Jordan - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.