The district of Pine Rivers is an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...

 of the Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...

 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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It was first created for the 1972 state election, based in the Shire of Pine Rivers in the northern outskirts of Brisbane

Brisbane

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. The final elected member, Margaret Woodgate, continued to represent the area as member for Kurwongbah

Electoral district of Kurwongbah

Kurwongbah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1992 to 2009.The district was based in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. Prior to its abolition, it included the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Bray Park, Eatons Hill, Samsonvale and Strathpine...

 following the 1992 state election.

Pine Rivers was reintroduced for the 2009 state election

Queensland state election, 2009

The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a...

, essentially as Kurwongbah renamed. The name change from Kurwongbah was made necessary due to the redistribution excising the eponymous suburb from the district. Originally proposed to be called Samsonvale by the Electoral Commission of Queensland, the name Pine Rivers was adopted after further review.

Members

First incarnation (1972–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Kenneth Leese	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...	1972–1974
	Rob Akers Rob Akers Robert George "Rob" Akers was an architect and Liberal Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, for the seat of Pine Rivers 1974-1983. Later he was Shire Chairman of Pine Rivers until 1994....	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...	1974–1983
	Yvonne Chapman Yvonne Chapman Yvonne Ann Chapman is an Australian politician with the National Party of Australia. She was a Queensland Member of Parliament from 1983 until 1989 , and Mayor of the Shire of Pine Rivers .- Background :Chapman contested the 1994 mayoral election against sitting Shire Chairman Rob Akers and 4 others...	National 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...	1983–1989
	Margaret Woodgate	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...	1989–1992
Second incarnation (2009–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Carolyn Male Carolyn Male Carolyn Therese Male is an Australian politician. She has been a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2001.Male was first elected to parliament as the Labor member for Glass House at the 2001 state election...	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...	2009–present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)