Division of Oxley

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the former electorate, see Division of Oxley (1901–1934).

The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It is currently represented by Milton Dick, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

Oxley Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
Created	1949
MP	Milton Dick
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	John Oxley
Electors	122,463 (2025)
Area	159 km2 (61.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

History

John Oxley, the division's namesake

The current division is the second to bear the name, and was created in 1949. The division is named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley is located in south east Queensland, and covers the south western suburbs of Brisbane.

The original Division of Oxley was established in 1901, and was abolished and replaced by the Division of Griffith in 1934. The 1949 incarnation's best-known member was Bill Hayden, the Labor Opposition Leader between 1977 and 1983, when he resigned under pressure the same day that the 1983 election which swept Bob Hawke to power was called. Hayden later served as a minister in the Hawke government before becoming Governor-General in 1989.

In 1996, the seat became most well known for controversial social conservative MP Pauline Hanson who was elected as a Liberal-turned-independent, but the seat was heavily redistributed in 1997, splitting her main support base of Ipswich between Oxley and Blair. In 1998 Hanson contested the seat of Blair, winning 36% of the primary vote but losing to the Liberals (who got 21%) under Australia's system of preferential voting. Hanson's brief tenure represents the only time since 1961 that the seat has been out of Labor hands.

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Donald Cameron (1900–1974)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 9 December 1961	Served as minister under Menzies. Lost seat
		Bill Hayden (1933–2023)	Labor	9 December 1961 – 17 August 1988	Served as minister under Whitlam and Hawke. Served as Opposition Leader from 1977 to 1983. Resigned to become Governor-General of Australia
		Les Scott (1947–)		8 October 1988 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
		Pauline Hanson (1954–)	Independent	2 March 1996 – 11 April 1997	Originally ran as a Liberal Party candidate, was disendorsed after the ballots were printed. Did not contest in 1998. Failed to win the Division of Blair. Later elected to the Senate in 2016
			One Nation	11 April 1997 – 3 October 1998
		Bernie Ripoll (1966–)	Labor	3 October 1998 – 9 May 2016	Retired
		Milton Dick (1972–)		2 July 2016 – present	Incumbent. Currently the Speaker of the House

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Oxley

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Queensland § Oxley.[edit]

2025 Australian federal election: Oxley^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Milton Dick	54,891	52.75	+6.86
	Liberal National	Kevin Burns	21,976	21.12	−7.58
	Greens	Brandan Holt	13,979	13.43	−0.82
	One Nation	Darren Baker	5,738	5.51	−0.33
	Family First	William Tento	3,058	2.94	+2.94
	Trumpet of Patriots	Mark Maguire	2,985	2.87	+2.87
		Mike Head	1,435	1.38	+1.38
Total formal votes			104,062	96.18	−0.20
Informal votes			4,128	3.82	+0.20
Turnout			108,190	88.36	+0.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Milton Dick	72,003	69.19	+7.60
	Liberal National	Kevin Burns	32,059	30.81	−7.60
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.60

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Oxley.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Oxley^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Milton Dick	43,785	45.89	+3.36
	Liberal National	Kyle McMillen	27,385	28.70	−5.87
	Greens	Asha Worsteling	13,595	14.25	+2.61
	One Nation	Dylan Kozlowski	5,568	5.84	−0.46
	United Australia	Timothy Coombes	5,079	5.32	+2.70
Total formal votes			95,412	96.38	+1.13
Informal votes			3,582	3.62	−1.13
Turnout			98,994	87.87	−3.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Milton Dick	58,768	61.59	+5.20
	Liberal National	Kyle McMillen	36,644	38.41	−5.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.20

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Oxley in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.