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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Rankin, Queensland
Named for: Senator Hon Dame Annabelle Rankin (1908-86), Senator
1946-71, first woman departmental minister
Southside Brisbane: Algester, Browns Plains, Springwood, Stretton, Woodridge
State seats: All of
Woodridge, parts of
Algester,
Springwood,
Stretton and
Waterford
Local government areas: Parts of
Brisbane and
Logan
Borders with:
Bonner,
Bowman,
Forde,
Moreton and
Oxley
Enrolment at 2019 election: 103,570
Enrolment at 2022 election: 108,082 (+04.4)
1999 republic referendum: No 62.2
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 54.6
Sitting member: Dr Jim Chalmers (Labor):
Elected 2013, 2016, 2019
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 11.7%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.4%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 4.8%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 11.3%
2019 Labor majority over Liberal: 6.4%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Marginal Labor
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Woodridge North (74.6), Woodridge (72.3), Woodridge East (71.7),
Kingston (71.6), Berrinba East (71.4)
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Rocklea PPVC (59.1), Springwood PPVC (54.4), Rochedale (53.9),
Loganholme PPVC (53.1), Slacks Creek (52.5)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Dr Paul Darwen
Liberal Party |
2. Neil Cotter
Australian Greens |
3. Jeffery Crank
United Australia Party |
4. Glen Cookson
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
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5. Suzanne Clarke
Animal Justice Party |
6. Dr Jim Chalmers
Australian Labor Party |
Candidate websites:
Dr Jim Chalmers
Suzanne Clarke
Glen Cookson
Neil Cotter
Jeffery Crank
Dr Paul Darwen
Division of Rankin
Rankin was created in 1984, and orginally extended from the south-western suburbs of Brisbane out into
rural areas as far as Warwick. Subsequent redistributions have greatly reduced it in area and shifted
it to the east, and it now occupies a block of suburbs in the fast-growing Logan region of southern
Brisbane. It is a low-income mortgage belt seat, combining a below-average median family income level and a
low proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations with a high level of families with dependent
children and dwellings being purchased.
Rankin has always been held by Labor but has rarely been secure. It was one of only two seats in
Queensland retained by Labor in the Liberal landslide of 1996, but the 1998 redistrubution made it
nominally Liberal, so
Craig Emerson's retention of the seat that year counted as a Labor gain. The
subsequent two redistributions have further weakened Labor's position. The seat now consists of three
parts: strongly Liberal to the east of the Pacific Highway, strongly Labor in the central part area around
Woodridge, and marginal at the western end around Algester and Stretton.
Previous members for Rankin have been
David Beddall, a minister in the Keating government, and Dr
Craig Emerson, elected in 1998. Emerson was on the Labor front bench from 2001, but as a prominent
Latham supporter he resigned after the 2004 defeat. He returned to the front bench in 2006 and was
a minister through the Rudd-Gillard Government. He resigned in 2013 rather than serve under the
returned
Rudd, and retired at the 2013 election.
Dr Jim Chalmers, Labor MP for Rankin since 2013, was executive director of the Chifley Research Centre,
a Labor think-tank, before his election. He had previously been an adviser to several Labor ministers
including
Bob Carr and
Wayne Swan. He went straight on to the opposition front bench after the 2013
election and is now Shadow Treasurer. The Liberal candidate is Dr Paul Darwen, Associate Dean of IT at James Cook
University's Brisbane Brisbane campus. The Greens candidate is Neil Cotter, a university librarian.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,431 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 10.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 2.8% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 57.1% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Chinese 6.4%
Non-English-speaking households: 31.0% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 17.7% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 28.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 16.6% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 25.3% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 27.5% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 39.1% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 35.7% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 39.8% (Australia 32.8%)
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