Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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. The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and northern parts of

Beaudesert Shire The Shire of Beaudesert was a local government area located in South East Queensland, Australia, stretching from the New South Wales border, along the Gold Coast hinterland to the urban fringes of the cities of Brisbane and Ipswich. The Shi ...

. 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

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and

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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,

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and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by

Nanango Nanango is a rural town and locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Nanango had a population of 3,599 people. Geography Nanango is situated north-west of the state capital, Brisbane, at the junc ...

. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West,

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. To the east it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan. The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election.

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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

¹ William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as

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, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results

References

External links

* {{Electoral districts of Queensland Lockyer Lockyer Valley Region