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Division of Moncrieff | Moore |
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Location: South-east Qld: Burleigh Heads, Mermaid Beach, Nerang, Southport
Division named for: Gladys Moncrieff, singer Median weekly family income: $855 (97th highest) Persons born in non English speaking countries: 11.8% (66th highest) Persons in professional occupations: 22.3% (107th highest) Persons employed in tourism: 11.4% (1st highest) Persons aged 65 and over: 16.6% (19th highest) Couple families with dependent children: 30.1% (144th highest) Dwellings being purchased: 19.3% (135th highest) Sitting member: Steve Ciobo (Liberal), elected 2001, 2004, 2007 Born: 29 May 1974, Mareeba, Queensland. Career: Senior Associate, Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, consultant, Coopers and Lybrand, senior consultant, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, adviser to Senator Brett Mason. Member, Opposition Shadow Ministry from 2007. Shadow Minister for Small Business, the Service Economy and Tourism 2007-08 Shadow Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors, Tourism and the Arts from 22 September 2008 1996 two-party majority: Liberal 20.3 Effect of 1998 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Liberal 1998 two-party majority: Liberal 12.8 2001 two-party majority: Liberal 15.4 Effect of 2004 redistribution: 00.9 shift to Liberal 2004 two-party majority: Liberal 20.1 Effect of 2006 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor 2007 notional two-party majority: Liberal 19.9 2007 notional two-party majority: Liberal 14.0 
2004 enrolment: 84,311 2007 enrolment: 91,624 (+08.7%) (new boundaries) Moncrieff was created in 1984, occupying the northern half of the Gold Coast tourism and retirement strip, centering on Surfers Paradise and Southport. Subsequent redistributions have moved the seat further to the south, without much changing its demographic or political character. It has a high level of people over 65, and the highest level of people employed in tourism of any seat. This means it is definitely not a mortgage belt seat. It has a very low proportion of families with dependent children and of dwellings being purchased, and 35% of its residents are flat-dwellers. Like the rest of the Gold Coast, Moncrieff is fairly safe for the federal Liberal Party, despite the increasing strength of the Labor vote on the Coast at state level. Members have been Kathy Sullivan and Steve Ciobo, both Liberals. Sullivan was a Senator 1974-84 and retired as the longest-serving woman in the history of the Australian Parliament. Ciobo joined the Liberal front bench after the 2007 election. In 2007 the Liberals won all but one booth, polling 78% of the two-party vote at Main Beach and also topping 70% at Benowa, Evandale, Florida Gardens, Isle of Capri and Moana Park. Labor polled just over 50% at Musgrave Hill. | |  Two-party vote by booth, 2007 Click to enlarge map |
