Electoral district of Pine Rivers

Pine Rivers Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Pine Rivers (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
Dates current:	1972–1992; 2009–present
MP:	Seath Holswich
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Pine Rivers

Pine Rivers is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

It was first created for the 1972 state election, based in the Shire of Pine Rivers in the northern outskirts of Brisbane. The final elected member, Margaret Woodgate, continued to represent the area as member for Kurwongbah following the 1992 state election.

Pine Rivers was reintroduced for the 2009 state election, 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 for Pine Rivers

First incarnation (1972–1992)
Member		Party	Term
	Kenneth Leese	Labor	1972–1974
	Rob Akers	Liberal	1974–1983
	Yvonne Chapman	National	1983–1989
	Margaret Woodgate	Labor	1989–1992
Second incarnation (2009–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Carolyn Male	Labor	2009–2012
	Seath Holswich	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Pine Rivers

Queensland state election, 2012: Pine Rivers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Seath Holswich	14,590	52.93	+13.41
	Labor	Patrick Bulman	7,556	27.41	-19.95
	Katter's Australian Party	John Alexander	3,091	11.21	+11.21
	Greens	Di Clark	2,326	8.44	-0.21
Total formal votes			27,563	97.38	-0.48
Informal votes			741	2.62	+0.48
Turnout			28,304	93.18	+0.29
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Seath Holswich	15,856	63.66	+18.27
	Labor	Patrick Bulman	9,052	36.34	-18.27
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+18.27

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)