Adam Carr's guide to
The 2007 Australian federal election
The House of Representatives
Queensland
Queensland
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Division of Longman | Lowe |
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Division of Longman | Lowe |
 Malcolm Brough (Lib) His ministerial website and Liberal Party website  Jon Sullivan (ALP) His ALP website  Paul Costin (Grn) His Greens website  Liz Oss-Emer (Dem) Her Democrats website  Peter Urquhart (FF) His Family First website |
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Location: North of Brisbane: Burpengary, Caboolture, Deception Bay, Kallangur Division named for: Irene Longman, first woman member of the Queensland Parliament Median weekly family income: $730 (134th highest) Persons born in non English speaking countries: 4.7% (111th highest) Persons in professional occupations: 15.1% (147th highest) Persons aged 65 and over: 12.8% (83rd highest) Couple families with dependent children: 37.2% (90th highest) Dwellings being purchased: 32.4% (33rd highest) Sitting member: Hon Malcolm Brough (Liberal), elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 Born: 29.12.1961, Brisbane, Qld. Career: Military service, private sector business. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business 2000-2001, Minister for Employment Services 2001-04, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence 2003-04, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer 2004-06 Minister for Families and Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Indigenous Affairs from 27 January 2006 1996 two-party majority: Liberal 11.6 Effect of redistribution: 01.6 shift to Labor 1998 two-party majority: Liberal 00.9 2001 two-party majority: Liberal 02.5 Effect of 2004 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor 2004 primary votes: Labor 35.7, Liberal 51.9, Green 4.0 2004 two-party majority: Liberal 07.7 Effect of 2006 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Labor 2007 notional two-party majority: Liberal 06.6 2004 enrolment: 87,216 2007 enrolment: 89,815 (+03.0%) (new boundaries) Longman was created in 1996, and was originally a semi-rural seat arching around to the north and west of Brisbane. Now it has been cut back to the suburbanising corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, centered on Caboolture, and has been improved for Labor as the last three redistributions have made the seat less rural and more suburban. Longman has among the lowest median family income levels, the lowest proportion of people born in non English speaking countries, and the lowest proportion of people in professional occupations, in the country. Although an outer suburban seat, it is not a mortgage belt sat, having a fairly low level of families with dependent children and dwellings being purchased. In 2004 the Liberals carried every booth, and polled 63% of the two-party vote at Banksia Beach, while Labor polled 49% in both Deception Bay booths. The 2006 redistribution removed rural areas around Landsborough and added marginal suburban territory including Kallangur, which at state level votes strongly Labor. Even at the 2004 federal election, Labor won the Kallangur booth. This seat is certainly winnable for Labor in the current climate. Longman has been held since its creation by Malcolm Brough (pronounced Bruff), who has recently been promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Candidates in ballot-paper order |
|  Two-party vote by booth, 2004
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