Division of Brisbane

The Division of Brisbane is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland.

This article is about the Australian federal electorate. For other uses, see Electoral district of Brisbane.

Brisbane
Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created1901
MPStephen Bates
PartyGreens
NamesakeBrisbane
Electors125,241 (2022)
Area57 km2 (22.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The electorate has had a large number of openly gay candidates over the years. In 2016, both major parties (the LNP and the Labor Party) fielded an openly gay candidate for the first time in Australian history. In 2022, the Greens candidate Stephen Bates, an openly gay man, defeated incumbent LNP member Trevor Evans, who is also gay.

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