Division of Wright

Wright Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Wright in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	2009
MP	Scott Buchholz
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Judith Wright
Electors	100,035 (2016)
Area	7,589 km² (2,930.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The seat was first contested at the 2010 election. The division was created under the Australian Electoral Commission's 2009 Redistribution of Queensland.^[1] The division of Wright covers 7,589 square kilometres, stretching from the western Gold Coast, through the remnant rural areas between Logan City and the NSW border, and around to include the Lockyer Valley Council area west of Ipswich. As well as covering most of the Gold Coast hinterland, Wright includes Beaudesert, Jimboomba, Boonah, Laidley, Hatton and Helidon.

The name of the electorate was chosen to honour the poet Judith Wright.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Scott Buchholz	Liberal National	2010–present

Australian federal election, 2016: Wright^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	36,935	41.82	−6.02
	Labor	Allistair Smith	20,110	22.77	+1.38
	One Nation	Rod Smith	18,461	20.90	+20.90
	Greens	Pietro Agnoletto	6,768	7.66	+2.26
	Family First	Barry Austin	3,163	3.58	+1.00
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Stone	1,979	2.24	+2.24
	Mature Australia	John Cox	902	1.02	+1.02
Total formal votes			88,318	95.69	+0.72
Informal votes			3,980	4.31	−0.72
Turnout			92,298	92.27	−1.80
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	52,651	59.62	−2.22
	Labor	Allistair Smith	35,667	40.38	+2.22
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.22

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

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