Electoral district of Ipswich

Ipswich is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate includes Ipswich and its suburbs, south and east of the Bremer River, west of Bundamba Creek and north of the Cunningham Highway.

History

The electoral district of Town of Ipswich was one of the original 16 established in 1859, when Queensland became a separate colony. It returned 3 members.

In the redistribution of 1872, its name was shortened to just "Ipswich" and it became a single member constituency, due to the creation of the electoral district of Bundamba. In the redistribution of 1878, it absorbed the electoral district of Bremer and became a dual-member constituency.

In 1912, it again reverted to a single member constituency, due to the re-introduction of the single-member electoral district of Bremer.

Members for Ipswich

Town of Ipswich: First incarnation (1860–1960),   3 members until 1873Member 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm  Frederick Forbes Unaligned 1860–1863  Patrick O'Sullivan Unaligned 1860–1863  Arthur Macalister Unaligned 1860–1868  Ratcliffe Pring Unaligned 1863–1866  Henry Challinor Unaligned 1863–1868  George Reed Unaligned 1866–1867  John Thompson Unaligned 1868–1873  Henry Williams Unaligned 1868–1870  John Murphy Unaligned 1867–1870  Benjamin Cribb Unaligned 1870–1873  John Johnston Unaligned 1870–1872  Arthur Macalister Unaligned 1872–1873 Ipswich: 1873–1878,   1 memberMemberPartyTerm  Arthur Macalister Unaligned 1873–1876  George Thorn, Jr. Unaligned 1876–1878 1878–1912,   2 membersMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm  John Thompson Unaligned 1878–1881  John MacFarlane Ministerialist 1878–1894  Josiah Francis Unaligned 1881–1883  William Salkeld Unaligned 1883–1888  Andrew Henry Barlow Ministerialist 1888–1896  James Wilkinson Labour 1894–1896  Alfred Stephenson Ministerialist 1896–1902  Thomas Bridson Cribb Ministerialist 1896–1904  Sir James Blair Independent/Ministerialist/Opposition 1902–1912  William Maughan Labour 1904–1912 1912–1960,   1 memberMemberPartyTerm  Sir James Blair Ministerialist/Independent 1912–1915  David Gledson Labor 1915–1929  James Walker Country and Progressive National 1929–1932  David Gledson Labor 1932–1949  Ivor Marsden Labor 1949–1960

Second incarnation (1972–present),   1 memberMemberPartyTerm  Llew Edwards Liberal 1972–1983  David Hamill Labor 1983–2001  Rachel Nolan Labor 2001–2012  Ian Berry Liberal National 2012–2015  Jennifer Howard Labor 2015–present

Election results

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