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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Wright, Queensland

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South and west of Brisbane: Beaudesert, Boonah, Gatton, Jimboomba, Tallai
State seats: Parts of Gaven, Jordan, Lockyer, Logan, Mudgeeraba and Scenic Rim
Local government areas: All of Lockyer Valley, parts of Gold Coast, Ipswich, Logan and Scenic Rim
Enrolment at close of rolls: 112,110
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 56.8

Sitting member: Hon Scott Buchholz (Liberal): Elected 2010, 2013, 2016

2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.2%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.8%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 9.7%
2019 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 9.6%

Status: Fairly safe Liberal

  • 2016 results
  • Statistics and history

  • Candidates in ballot-paper order:

    1. David Wright
    United Australia Party
    2. Shannon Girard
    Australian Greens
    3. Innes Larkin
    Independent
    4. Pam McCreadie
    Australian Labor Party
    5. Rod Smith
    Fraser Anning's Conservative National Party
    6. Matthew Tomlinson
    Katter's Australian Party
    7. Chris O'Callaghan
    Pauline Hanson's One Nation
    8. Hon Scott Buchholz
    Liberal Party



    Candidate websites:

    Hon Scott Buchholz
    Shannon Girard
    Pam McCreadie
    Matthew Tomlinson

    Division of Wright

    Wright was created by the 2010 Queensland redistribution, from the southern, rural parts of Blair and Forde and the inland parts of Fadden, McPherson and Moncrieff. It is a hybrid seat, running from the Lockyer Valley towns of Gatton and Helidon in the north, through Boonah and Beaudesert to the south of Brisbane, to Mudgeeraba in the Gold Coast hinterland. It also includes outer Brisbane suburbs such as Forestdale and Greenbank.

    Like most rural or semi-rural seats, Wright combines a fairly low income level with a very low level of people born in non English speaking countries, a low level of graduates and a low level of people in professional or managerial occupations. This is a combination which reliably indicates conservatism. Most of the seat is strongly Liberal, and it is hard to see Labor ever being competitive in the seat on its current boundaries.

    Scott Buchholz, Liberal MP for Wright since 2010, was a company managing director and worked for Senator Barnaby Joyce before his election. He became a Government Whip in 2013 and Chief Government Whip in February 2015, but was removed by Malcolm Turnbull in October. In August 2018, after he switched his party-room vote from Peter Dutton to Scott Morrison, he was appointed Assistant Minister for Roads and Transport.

    The Labor candidate is Pam McCreadie, whose occupation is not stated. The Greens candidate is Shannon Girard, whose occupation is also not stated. The Katter's Australian Party candidate, Matthew Tomlinson, is a stockman.

    Demographics:

    Median weekly household income: $1,482 (Australia $1,438)
    People over 65: 14.5% (Australia 15.8%)
    Indigenous: 2.9% (Australia 2.8%)
    Australian born: 75.5% (Australia 66.7%)
    Ancestry: German 6.3%
    Non-English-speaking households: 7.4% (Australia 22.2%)
    Catholics 19.5% (Australia 22.6%)
    No religion 28.3% (Australia 29.6%)
    University graduates: 12.0% (Australia 22.0%)
    Professional and managerial employment: 27.0% (Australia 35.2%)
    Employed in manufacturing and construction: 30.0% (Australia 22.9%)
    Employed in agriculture: 7.0% (Australia 3.3%)
    Paying a mortgage: 46.1% (Australia 34.5%)
    Renting: 20.6% (Australia 30.9%)
    Traditional families: 38.9% (Australia 32.8%)

    Members:

    Scott Buchholz (Lib) 2010-

    Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:




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