Electoral district of Pumicestone
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
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Pumicestone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
| Pumicestone Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Pumicestone 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2001–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Ariana Doolan | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Pumicestone Passage | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 38,286 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 337 km2 (130.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°3′S 153°3′E | ||||||||||||||
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The district was first created for the 2001 state election. Located in the corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, it includes the urbanised areas of Bribie Island, as well as parts of Caboolture. It is named after the Pumicestone Channel, the strait which divides Bribie Island from the mainland.[2]
Members for Pumicestone
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Carryn Sullivan | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Lisa France | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Rick Williams | Labor | 2015–2017 | |
| Independent | 2017 | ||
| Simone Wilson | Liberal National | 2017–2020 | |
| Ali King | Labor | 2020–2024 | |
| Ariana Doolan | Liberal National | 2024–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal National | Ariana Doolan | 15,230 | 41.18 | +4.78 | |
| Labor | Ali King | 14,985 | 40.51 | −5.59 | |
| One Nation | Samuel Beaton | 2,868 | 7.75 | −0.15 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Rosie Doolan | 1,647 | 4.45 | +0.25 | |
| Greens | Richard Ogden | 1,560 | 4.22 | −0.08 | |
| Family First | Laine Harth | 698 | 1.89 | +1.89 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,988 | 96.14 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,486 | 3.9 | |||
| Turnout | 38,474 | 89.55 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Ariana Doolan | 18,640 | 50.39 | +5.69 | |
| Labor | Ali King | 18,348 | 49.61 | −5.69 | |
| Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +5.69 | |||
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Primary vote results in Pumicestone (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
Labor
Liberal/Liberal National
Greens
One Nation
City Country Alliance
Katter's Australian
Palmer United/United Australia Party
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Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Pumicestone