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Division of Longman | Lowe |
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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: Jon Sullivan (Labor), elected 2007 Born 10 November 1950, Bulli, NSW. Travel consultant. Queensland MLA for Glass House 1989-92, for Caboolture 1992-98. 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 two-party majority: Liberal 07.7 Effect of 2006 redistribution: 01.1 shift to Labor 2007 notional two-party majority: Liberal 06.6 2007 two-party majority: Labor 03.6 
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, but the 2006 redistribution removed rural areas around Landsborough and added marginal suburban territory including Kallangur, which at state level votes strongly Labor. Longman was won in 1996 by Malcolm Brough (pronounced Bruff), who was rapidly promoted and who became Minister for Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in 2006. His defeat at the 2007 election, with a swing of 10.2% against him, was a major upset. His successor is Jon Sullivan, a former state MP for the area. In 2007 Labor polled 64% of the two-party vote at Deception Bay North, and also topped 60% at two other booths at Deception Bay, Caboolture East, two booths in Kallangur, Morayfield West and Murrumba Downs. The Liberals polled 58% at Banksia Beach. Five booths produced swings of over 15%, peaking at 20% at Murrumba Downs. | |  Two-party vote by booth, 2007
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