Electoral district of Morayfield

Morayfield is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is located in the northern outskirts of Brisbane, south of the Sunshine Coast.^[1]

Morayfield Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Morayfield 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2009–present
MP	Mark Ryan
Party	Labor
Namesake	Morayfield
Electors	36,991 (2020)
Area	69 km2 (26.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°8′S 152°55′E
Electorates around Morayfield: Glass House Pumicestone Pumicestone Glass House Morayfield Bancroft Kurwongbah Kurwongbah Kurwongbah

Electoral map of Morayfield

Geography

An outer suburban electorate, Morayfield lies west of the Bruce Highway and south of the Caboolture River. The northern end of the district takes in the suburb of Morayfield and the southern part of Caboolture. At its southern end, the district includes parts of the suburbs of Burpengary and Narangba.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kallangur and the western part of the district of Pumicestone. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Kurwongbah.^[2] Its inaugural member was Mark Ryan of the Labor Party, who was defeated by Darren Grimwade of the Liberal National Party in 2012.

Members for Morayfield

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Mark Ryan (1982–)	Labor	21 March 2009 – 24 March 2012	Lost seat
		Darren Grimwade (1980–)	Liberal National	24 March 2012 – 31 January 2015	Lost seat
		Mark Ryan (1982–)	Labor	31 January 2015 – present	Minister under Palaszczuk and Miles. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morayfield

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

2024 Queensland state election: Morayfield^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mark Ryan	15,479	45.25	−9.15
	Liberal National	Sarah Ross	9,786	28.61	+6.91
	One Nation	Rodney Hansen	3,869	11.31	−0.59
	Greens	Mark Jessup	2,338	6.83	−1.07
	Legalise Cannabis	Frank Jordan	1,750	5.12	+5.12
	Family First	Suniti Hewett	986	2.88	+2.88
Total formal votes			34,208	94.87
Informal votes			1,850	5.13
Turnout			36,058	85.15
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Mark Ryan	19,520	57.06	−9.74
	Liberal National	Sarah Ross	14,688	42.94	+9.74
	Labor hold		Swing	-9.74

Primary vote results in Morayfield (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal National

  One Nation

  Greens

  Katter's Australian

  Palmer United

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Morayfield