Division of Rankin

The Division of Rankin is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland. It is to the southeast of Brisbane, comprising parts of the City of Brisbane and City of Logan.

Rankin Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
Created	1984
MP	Jim Chalmers
Party	Labor
Namesake	Dame Annabelle Rankin
Electors	114,981 (2025)
Area	131 km2 (50.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
Electorates around Rankin: Moreton Moreton Bonner Oxley Rankin Bowman Wright Forde Forde

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has continuously held the seat since its establishment in 1984. Since 2013 its MP has been Jim Chalmers, who has been Treasurer of Australia under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese since 2022.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by determined by a redistribution made up of statutory appointments. 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]

Today Rankin is based on the outer southern suburbs of the City of Brisbane, in addition to portions of the City of Logan.

History

Dame Annabelle Rankin, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Dame Annabelle Rankin, the first Queensland woman elected to the Senate. Rankin served as a government minister under four successive prime ministers in the 1960s and 1970s, before she was appointed High Commissioner of Australia to New Zealand, becoming the first woman to head an Australian mission overseas.

In its original form, Rankin covered the Gold Coast hinterland including Lamington National Park and the major town of Beaudesert as well as some outer metropolitan areas of Brisbane. In this situation it was a marginal seat held by the Labor Party. However, with the transfer of the rural hinterland to Forde, Rankin became a much safer Labor seat, being one of only two Queensland seats the ALP retained in the 1996 election.

Members

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		David Beddall (1948–)	Labor	1 December 1984 – 31 August 1998	Previously held the Division of Fadden. Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
		Craig Emerson (1954–)		3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013	Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
		Jim Chalmers (1978–)		7 September 2013 – present	Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Rankin

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

2025 Australian federal election: Rankin^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	45,303	49.42	+5.47
	Liberal National	Paul Darwen	18,101	19.75	−9.26
	Greens	Joshua Riethmuller	10,032	10.94	+0.24
	One Nation	Kyle Lentz	6,021	6.57	−1.41
	Family First	Carol Ordish	3,862	4.21	+4.21
	People First	Lana Hudson	3,416	3.73	+3.73
	Trumpet of Patriots	Janet Lindbom	3,300	3.60	+3.60
	Socialist Alliance	Alex Bainbridge	1,634	1.78	+1.78
Total formal votes			91,669	93.57	−2.54
Informal votes			6,304	6.43	+2.54
Turnout			97,973	85.23	+0.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	60,092	65.55	+6.46
	Liberal National	Paul Darwen	31,577	34.45	−6.46
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.46

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

2022 Australian federal election: Rankin^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	38,596	43.95	+2.52
	Liberal National	Paul Darwen	25,478	29.01	−2.34
	Greens	Neil Cotter	9,394	10.70	+1.62
	One Nation	Glen Cookson	7,006	7.98	−0.58
	United Australia	Jeff Crank	5,064	5.77	+2.08
	Animal Justice	Suzanne Clarke	2,284	2.60	+2.60
Total formal votes			87,822	96.11	+3.84
Informal votes			3,553	3.89	−3.84
Turnout			91,375	84.56	−4.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	51,892	59.09	+2.65
	Liberal National	Paul Darwen	35,930	40.91	−2.65
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.65

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