Division of Wright

Wright Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	2009
MP	Scott Buchholz
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Judith Wright
Electors	123,884 (2022)
Area	7,577 km2 (2,925.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural and provincial

The Division of Wright is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

The seat was first contested at the 2010 election. The division was created under the Australian Electoral Commission's 2009 Redistribution of Queensland. The division of Wright covers 7,577 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, Gatton, Hatton Vale and Helidon.

The name of the electorate was chosen to honour the poet Judith Wright. The division has been represented since the 2010 election by Scott Buchholz, a member of the Liberal National Party.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Scott Buchholz (1968–)	Liberal National	21 August 2010 – present	Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Abbott and Turnbull. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wright

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Wright.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Wright

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	45,753	43.19	−1.73
	Labor	Pam McCreadie	22,643	21.37	2.63
	One Nation	Keith Hicks	15,095	14.25	0.24
	Greens	Nicole Thompson	12,107	11.43	4.26
	United Australia	Cassandra Duffill	8,703	8.22	3.32
	Federation	Shonna-Lee Banasiak	1,632	1.54	1.54
Total formal votes			105,933	96.60	2.68
Informal votes			3,733	3.40	−2.68
Turnout			109,666	88.59	−3.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Scott Buchholz	64,506	60.89	−3.69
	Labor	Pam McCreadie	41,427	39.11	3.69
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.69

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Wright in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

Primary vote results in Wright (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal National

  Labor

  One Nation

  Greens

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Katter's

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred results in Wright

External links

• Division of Wright (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission