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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Wright, Queensland
Named for: Judith Wright (1915-2000), poet
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
Borders with:
Blair,
Fadden,
Forde,
Groom,
McPherson,
Maranoa,
Moncrieff,
New England,
Oxley,
Rankin and
Richmond
Enrolment at 2019 election: 112,110
Enrolment at 2022 election: 123,884 (+10.5)
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 56.8
Sitting member: Hon Scott Buchholz (Liberal):
Elected 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.2%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.8%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 9.7%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.6%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Upper Tenthill (87.2), Kerry (86.2), Flagstone Creek (83.9),
Mt Alford (80.8), Ma Ma Creek (80.0)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Springbrook (60.3), Yarrabilba (53.9), Beechmont (48.4),
Flagstone (46.5), Jimboomba (45.1)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Scott Buchholz
Liberal Party |
2. Cassandra Duffill
United Australia Party |
3. Keith Hicks
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
4. Shonna-Lee Banasiak
Australian Federation Party |
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5. Pam McCreadie
Australian Labor Party |
6. Nicole Thompson
Australian Greens |
Candidate websites:
Shonna-Lee Banasiak
Hon Scott Buchholz
Cassandra Duffill
Keith Hicks
Pam McCreadie
Nicole Thompson
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
Road Safety and Freight Transport. The Labor candidate is again Pam McCreadie, whose occupation is not stated. The Greens candidate
is Nicole Thompson, a nurse and midwife.
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%)
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