Electoral district of Lockyer

Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

Lockyer Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Lockyer, 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Jim McDonald
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Lockyer Valley
Electors	34,938 (2020)
Area	2,568 km2 (991.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	27°41′S 152°28′E
Electorates around Lockyer: Condamine Nanango Moggill Toowoomba North Toowoomba South Lockyer Ipswich West Condamine Southern Downs Scenic Rim

2008 map

The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and the northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.

The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east, it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.

The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.

Hanson's subsequent election to the Senate in 2016 precluded her from running in Lockyer again in 2017.

Members for Lockyer

First incarnation (1888–1932)
Member		Party	Term
	William North	Unaligned	1888–1893
	William Drayton Armstrong	Various1	1893–1904
	Michael O'Keefe	Ministerialist	1904–1907
	William Drayton Armstrong	Various1	1907–1918
	Cuthbert Butler	Labor	1918–1920
	George Logan	Country	1920–1929
	Charles Jamieson	Independent	1929–1932
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Gordon Chalk	Liberal	1950–1976
	Tony Bourke	Liberal	1976–1980
	Tony Fitzgerald	National	1980–1998
	Peter Prenzler	One Nation	1998–1999
		City Country Alliance	1999–2001
	Bill Flynn	One Nation	2001–2004
	Ian Rickuss	National	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2017
	Jim McDonald	Liberal National	2017–present

¹ William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lockyer

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Lockyer.[edit]

2024 Queensland state election: Lockyer^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Jim McDonald	17,909	52.74	+7.64
	Labor	Euan Tiernan	6,758	19.90	−4.80
	One Nation	Corey West	5,351	15.76	+2.46
	Greens	Paul Toner	2,120	6.24	+1.34
	Family First	Julie Rose	1,822	5.36	+5.36
Total formal votes			33,960	96.14	−0.38
Informal votes			1,363	3.86	+0.38
Turnout			35,323	89.40	−0.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Jim McDonald	23,488	69.16	+7.56
	Labor	Euan Tiernan	10,472	30.84	−7.56
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+7.56

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Lockyer.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Lockyer^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Jim McDonald	13,662	45.15	+9.33
	Labor	Janet Butler	7,477	24.71	+1.81
	One Nation	Corey West	4,010	13.25	−21.13
	Independent	Jim Savage	3,057	10.10	+10.10
	Greens	Rebecca Haley	1,489	4.92	+0.38
	United Australia	Andrew Rockliff	563	1.86	+1.86
Total formal votes			30,258	96.52	+0.42
Informal votes			1,091	3.48	−0.42
Turnout			31,349	89.73	−0.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Jim McDonald	18,616	61.52	−0.30
	Labor	Janet Butler	11,642	38.48	+0.30
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−0.30