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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Moncrieff, Queensland
Named for: Gladys Moncrieff (1892-1976), opera singer
Gold Coast: Benowa, Mermaid Beach, Nerang, Southport, Surfers Paradise
Enrolment at 2019 election: 111,340
Enrolment at 2022 election: 122,546 (+10.2)
1999 republic referendum: No 61.0
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 63.8
2023 Voice referendum: No 69.2
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Sitting member: Angie Bell (Liberal): Elected 2019, 2022
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2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.0%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 17.5%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 18.0%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.5%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 15.4%
2022 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.2%
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
Liberal two-party vote 1984-2022
2022 results
Statistics and history
Division of Moncrieff
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, although Labor has won state seats on the
Gold Coast in recent years.
Moncrieff's first member,
Kathy Sullivan, was elected to the Senate in 1974 and shifted to the House in
1984. She was a parliamentary secretary in the Howard Government, and by her retirement in 2001 she was
the longest-serving female member in the history of the Parliament, although she later lost that
title to
Bronwyn Bishop.
Steven Ciobo, who won Moncrieff in 2001, when he was 27, was on the opposition frontbench from 2007 and was a parliamentary
secretary from 2013. He was Minister for Trade and Investment in the Turnbull ministry. He supported
Peter Dutton in
the Liberal leadership ballots in August 2018, and was then demoted to Minister for Defence Industry in
Scott Morrison's ministry. He retired in 2022, leaving politics aged only 44.
Angie Bell, Liberal MP for Moncrieff since 2019, was a professional musician, marketting professional and author before her election. She is the first openly lesbian member elected from the conservative side of
politics. She is now Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Shadow Minister for Youth.
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