Electoral district of Murrumba
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| Murrumba Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Murrumba 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Steven Miles | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | An Aboriginal word meaning "good"[citation needed] | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 41,071 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 63 km2 (24.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°12′S 153°2′E / 27.200°S 153.033°E | ||||||||||||||
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Murrumba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district is based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Deception Bay, Kippa-Ring, Murrumba Downs and Rothwell. The electorate was first contested in 1912.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Forsyth | Liberal | 1912–1918 | |
| Richard Warren | Country | 1918–1932 | |
| Frank Nicklin | Country | 1932–1950 | |
| David Nicholson | Country | 1950–1972 | |
| Des Frawley | Country | 1972–1974 | |
| National | 1974–1977 | ||
| Joe Kruger | Labor | 1977–1986 | |
| Dean Wells | Labor | 1986–2012 | |
| Reg Gulley | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Chris Whiting | Labor | 2015–2017 | |
| Steven Miles | Labor | 2017–present | |