Division of Ryan

Ryan Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1949
MP	Elizabeth Watson-Brown
Party	Greens
Namesake	T. J. Ryan
Electors	100,652 (2013)
Area	441 km2 (170.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Thomas Joseph Ryan, Premier of Queensland c 1912

The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1949 and is named after T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919. Ryan is located in south east Queensland. It is based on the south western suburbs of Brisbane, including Auchenflower, Bellbowrie, Brookfield, Chapel Hill, Ferny Grove, Fig Tree Pocket, The Gap, Indooroopilly, Karana Downs, Kenmore, Keperra, Lake Manchester, Moggill, Pullenvale, St Lucia, Taringa, Toowong, the western Centenary Suburbs and parts of Bardon.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Nigel Drury	Liberal	1949–1975
	John Moore	Liberal	1975–2001
	Leonie Short	Labor	2001–2001
	Michael Johnson	Liberal	2001–2010
		Independent	2010
	Jane Prentice	Liberal National	2010–present

John Moore was a Minister in the Fraser government, and also served as Minister for Defence in the Howard government. In 2001, Moore retired from politics, leading to a by-election for the division. The ALP won the by election but did not win the division at the next election, held later the same year. Michael Johnson was sacked from the Liberal Party after allegations of improper fundraising and not following the rules about using his tax payer provided motor car. He continued in Parliament as an independent, but was defeated at the 2010 election.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Ryan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Julian Simmonds	38,239	38.50	−10.11
	Greens	Elizabeth Watson-Brown	30,003	30.21	+9.86
	Labor	Peter Cossar	22,146	22.30	−2.13
	Liberal Democrats	Damian Coory	2,582	2.60	+2.60
	One Nation	Joel Love	2,237	2.25	+0.09
	United Australia	Kathryn Pollard	2,062	2.08	+0.55
	Animal Justice	Jina Lipman	1,088	1.10	−0.82
	Progressives	Janine Rees	606	0.61	+0.61
	Australian Federation	Axel Dancoisne	353	0.36	+0.36
Total formal votes			99,316	96.94	−0.66
Informal votes			3,140	3.06	+0.66
Turnout			102,456	92.04	−0.94
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Peter Cossar	52,062	52.42	+8.45
	Liberal National	Julian Simmonds	47,254	47.58	−8.45
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Elizabeth Watson-Brown	52,286	52.65	+52.65
	Liberal National	Julian Simmonds	47,030	47.35	−8.67
	Greens gain from Liberal National		Swing	+52.65

Other websites

• Jane Prentice's website. Archived 2014-11-07 at the Wayback Machine