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Pumicestone
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Pumicestone; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Electoral map of Pumicestone 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2001–present
MP	Ali King
Party	Labor
Namesake	Pumicestone Passage
Electors	38,286 (2020)
Area	337 km2 (130.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°3′S 153°3′E / 27.050°S 153.050°E
	Electorates around Pumicestone:

Pumicestone is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

The district was first created for the 2001 state election. Located in the corridor between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, it includes the urbanised areas of Bribie Island, as well as parts of Caboolture. It is named after the Pumicestone Channel, the strait which divides Bribie Island from the mainland.^[2]

Members for Pumicestone edit

	Party	Term
Carryn Sullivan	Labor	2001–2012
Lisa France	Liberal National	2012–2015
Rick Williams	Labor	2015–2017
Rick Williams	Independent	2017
Simone Wilson	Liberal National	2017–2020
Ali King	Labor	2020–present

Election results edit

2020 Queensland state election: Pumicestone^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ali King	15,423	46.13	+10.56
	Liberal National	Fiona Gaske	12,150	36.34	+6.46
	One Nation	Ross Konowalenko	2,617	7.83	−15.51
	Greens	Richard Ogden	1,460	4.37	−0.59
	Legalise Cannabis	Ryan Dryden	1,414	4.23	+4.23
	United Australia	Steven Newbery	372	1.11	+1.11
Total formal votes			33,436	96.94	+1.11
Informal votes			1,057	3.06	−1.11
Turnout			34,493	90.09	+2.04
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ali King	18,480	55.27	+6.11
	Liberal National	Fiona Gaske	14,956	44.73	−6.11
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+6.11

Primary vote results in Pumicestone (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

Labor

Liberal/Liberal National

Greens

One Nation

City Country Alliance

Katter's Australian

Palmer United/United Australia Party

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Pumicestone

References edit

^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony (2006). "Pumicestone Electoral Profile". ABC News (Green Guide). Retrieved 17 May 2008.
^ 2020 State General Election – Pumicestone – District Summary, ECQ.