Scenic Rim is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was won at the 2017 election by Jon Krause.
| Scenic Rim Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Map of the electoral district of Scenic Rim, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Jon Krause | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Scenic Rim | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,878 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,809 km2 (1,856.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°04′00″S 152°48′03″E / 28.0667°S 152.8008°E | ||||||||||||||
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Located in South-East Queensland, Scenic Rim covers the Scenic Rim Region and some areas in the south of Ipswich and Logan extending to the New South Wales border, including the towns of Beaudesert and Boonah. It largely replaces the abolished district of Beaudesert.
From results of the 2015 election, Scenic Rim was estimated to be a fairly safe seat for the Liberal National Party with a margin of 9.2%.
Members for Scenic Rim
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Jon Krause | Liberal National | 2017–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal National | Jon Krause | 18,641 | 51.38 | +3.88 | |
| Labor | Shireen Casey | 7,744 | 21.34 | −5.06 | |
| One Nation | Wayne Ziebarth | 5,305 | 14.62 | −0.38 | |
| Greens | Nicole Thompson | 3,306 | 9.11 | +1.21 | |
| Family First | Louise Austin | 1,287 | 3.55 | +3.55 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,283 | 96.25 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,415 | 3.75 | |||
| Turnout | 37,698 | 89.69 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Jon Krause | 23,987 | 66.11 | +4.71 | |
| Labor | Shireen Casey | 12,296 | 33.89 | −4.71 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +4.71 | |||
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
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