Division of McPherson

McPherson Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1949
MP	Karen Andrews
Party	Liberal
Namesake	McPherson Range
Electors	109,140 (2022)
Area	229 km2 (88.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of McPherson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Karen Andrews of the Liberal Party.

Geography

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

History

McPherson Range, a region in Queensland from which the division takes its name

The division was created in 1948 and is named after the McPherson Range, which forms one of the divisional boundaries. McPherson is located in south-east Queensland, and originally included the entire Gold Coast region, stretching as far as the Scenic Rim and Southern Downs. However, the area's dramatic population growth has seen the seat shrink with successive redistributions, culminating in 1983, when most of its northern portion became Moncrieff.

McPherson now incorporates the southern portion of the Gold Coast, including Coolangatta, Burleigh Heads, Tugun and Palm Beach.

It has always been held by a conservative party. Indeed, most of the area has been represented by centre-right MPs without interruption since 1906; before 1949, most of the Gold Coast was part of Moreton. Originally a Country Party bastion, urbanisation has turned it into a Liberal stronghold.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Sir Arthur Fadden (1894–1973)	Country	10 December 1949 – 14 October 1958	Previously held the Division of Darling Downs. Served as minister under Menzies. Retired
		Charles Barnes (1901–1998)		22 November 1958 – 2 November 1972	Served as minister under Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Retired
		Eric Robinson (1929–1981)	Liberal	2 December 1972 – 7 January 1981	Served as minister under Fraser. Died in office
		Peter White (1936–2005)		21 February 1981 – 19 February 1990	Previously held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Southport. Retired
		John Bradford (1946–)		24 March 1990 – 7 April 1998	Did not contest in 1998. Failed to win a Senate seat
			Christian Democratic	7 April 1998 – 31 August 1998
		Margaret May (1950–)	Liberal	3 October 1998 – 19 July 2010	Retired
		Karen Andrews (1960–)	Liberal	21 August 2010 – present	Served as minister under Morrison. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of McPherson

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § McPherson.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: McPherson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Karen Andrews	42,288	43.56	−4.68
	Labor	Carl Ungerer	21,354	22.00	−0.85
	Greens	Scott Turner	14,971	15.42	+4.43
	One Nation	Kevin Hargraves	7,013	7.22	+1.36
	United Australia	Joshua Berrigan	6,490	6.69	+3.36
	Australian Values	Andy Cullen	2,310	2.38	+2.38
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Pyne	2,063	2.12	−1.36
	Federation	Gary Pead	594	0.61	+0.61
Total formal votes			97,083	94.58	+0.91
Informal votes			5,565	5.42	−0.91
Turnout			102,648	87.56	−2.84
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Karen Andrews	57,605	59.34	−2.86
	Labor	Carl Ungerer	39,478	40.66	+2.86
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.86

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of McPherson in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

External links

• Division of McPherson (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission