The district of Logan is an electoral division in southern Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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.

Logan encompasses urban and semi-rural environments on the southern outskirts of the Brisbane

Brisbane

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 metropolitan area. Major locations within the electoral district include Browns Plains, Crestmead

Crestmead, Queensland

Crestmead is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia.- External links :* * *...

, Park Ridge

Park Ridge, Queensland

Park Ridge is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia. Park Ridge lies to Logan's west and enjoys a rural setting. There are manicured acreage properties buffered by pretty bushland and the suburb holds great appeal for horse lovers.-History:...

 and North Maclean.

John Mickel

John Mickel (politician)

Reginald John Mickel is an Australian politician who is currently Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and MP for the electoral district of Logan, but he will retire from those roles at the next election.-Early life:...

 of the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 - currently Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly

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 - holds the seat. Logan is considered a safe Labor seat.

Members for Logan

First incarnation (1873-1950)
Member		Party	Term
	Phillip Nind	Unaligned	1873-1875
	Adam Black	Unaligned	1875
	Frederick Shaw	Unaligned	1875-1876
	Peter McLean	Unaligned	1876-1883
	Ernest Stevens	Independent	1883-1896
	John Donaldson	Independent/Ministerialist	1896
	James Stodart	Ministerialist/Opposition	1896-1918
	Alfred James	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1918-1920
	Reginald King	Nationalist Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the name given to the pro-conscription defectors from the Australian Labor Party led by Prime... /United Party/ Country and Progressive National Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...	1920-1935
	John Brown	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1935-1944
	Sir Thomas Hiley	Queensland People's Queensland People's Party The Queensland People's Party was a conservative political party in Queensland, Australia.Created in 1943 by Brisbane Lord Mayor John Beals Chandler, the Queensland People's Party contested elections in South East Queensland. In 1948, they became the Queensland branch of the Liberal Party of... / Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1944-1950
Second incarnation (1960-1972)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Harrison	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1960-1966
	Dick Wood	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1966-1969
	Edgar Baldwin	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1969-1972
Third incarnation (1986-present)
Member		Party	Term
	Wayne Goss Wayne Goss Wayne Keith Goss was Premier of Queensland from 7 December 1989 until 19 February 1996.-Early life:He was born at Mundubbera, Queensland and educated at Inala High School and the University of Queensland...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1986-1998
	John Mickel John Mickel (politician) Reginald John Mickel is an Australian politician who is currently Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and MP for the electoral district of Logan, but he will retire from those roles at the next election.-Early life:...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1998-present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)