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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Ryan, Queensland
Named for: Hon T J (Thomas) Ryan (1876-1921), Qld MP 1909-19, Premier
1915-19, federal MP 1919-21
Western Brisbane: Indooroopilly, Kenmore, Moggill, The Gap, Toowong
State seats: All of
Maiwar and
Moggill, parts of
Cooper and
Ferny Grove
Local government areas: Parts of Brisbane
Borders with:
Blair,
Brisbane,
Dickson,
Griffith,
Lilley,
Moreton and
Oxley
Enrolment at 2019 election: 106,256
Enrolment at 2022 election: 111,363 (+04.8)
1999 republic referendum: Yes 55.3
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 72.7
Sitting member: Julian Simmonds (Liberal):
Elected 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 3.8%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.2%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 8.5%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 9.1%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 6.0%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Marginal Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Brookfield (71.3), Fig Tree Pocket (66.7), Pullenvale (66.6),
Bellbowrie (66.4), Bellbowrie PPVC (64.9)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Grovely (60.7), Oxford Park (56.5), Toowong (54.8), Indooroopilly (54.1),
Gaythorne (53.3)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Kathryn Pollard
United Australia Party |
2. Damian Coory
Liberal Democrats |
3. Janine Rees
Austraklian Progressives |
4. Joel Love
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
5. Jina Lipman
Animal Justice Party |
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6. Elizabeth Watson-Brown
Australian Greens |
7. Peter Cossar
Australian Labor Party |
8. Julian Simmonds
Liberal Party |
9. Axel Dancoisne
Australian Federation Party |
Candidate websites:
Damian Coory
Peter Cossar
Axel Dancoisne
Jina Lipman
Janine Rees
Julian Simmonds
Elizabeth Watson-Brown
Division of Ryan
Ryan was created in 1949, covering the inner western suburbs of Brisbane, the wealthiest part of the city.
Subsequent redistributions have extended the seat to the west and south, without substantially changing its
character. It has among the highest levels of median family income and of people in professional and
managerial occupations of any electorate. Unlike most other wealthy inner-city, electorates, however, it also has fairly
high levels of families with dependent children and of dwellings being purchased: it is thus a high-income mortgage
belt seat, with many people paying mortgages on large family homes, a fact which makes them very sensitive to
interest rates and similar economic issues.
Labor has only won Ryan once, at a 2001 by-election at the height of the Howard Government's unpopularity. Apart
from that the seat has been safely Liberal, although none of its members have risen to any great heights.
John Moore was Defence Minister in the Howard government. In 2010
Michael Johnson was dropped as the sitting member
after accusations of illegal fundraising. His successor,
Jane Prentice, was an Assistant Minister from 2016 to 2918, but
was disendorsed for the 2019 election.
Julian Simmonds, Liberal MP for Ryan since 2019, is a lawer who was elected Brisbane City Council when he was 26. At the
2019 election he sustained a substantial swing to Labor (a swing seen in a number of upper-income urban seats), and Ryan
is now technically a mrginal seat, but it's hard to see the Liberals actually losing it. The Labor candidate is again
Peter Cossar, an actor, teacher and producer. The Greens candidate is Elizabeth Watson-Brown, an architect.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,964 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 13.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 66.9% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 19.4% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 21.8% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 35.3% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 40.8% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 50.8% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 13.3% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 35.0% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 31.0% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 35.9% (Australia 32.8%)
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