Division of Rankin

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

Rankin Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1984
MP	Jim Chalmers
Party	Labor
Namesake	Dame Annabelle Rankin
Electors	108,082 (2022)
Area	131 km2 (50.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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

Dame Annabelle Rankin, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Dame Annabelle Rankin, the first Queensland woman elected to the Senate.

In its original form, Rankin covered the Gold Coast hinterland including Lamington National Park and the major town of Beaudesert as well as some outer metropolitan areas of Brisbane. In this situation it was a marginal seat held by the Labor party. However, with the transfer of the rural hinterland to Forde, Rankin became a much safer Labor seat, being one of only two Queensland seats the ALP retained in the 1996 election.

Today Rankin is based on the outer southern suburbs of the City of Brisbane, in addition to portions of the City of Logan.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		David Beddall (1948–)	Labor	1 December 1984 – 31 August 1998	Previously held the Division of Fadden. Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
		Craig Emerson (1954–)		3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013	Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
		Jim Chalmers (1978–)		7 September 2013 – present	Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Rankin

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

2022 Australian federal election: Rankin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	38,596	43.95	+2.52
	Liberal National	Paul Darwen	25,478	29.01	−2.34
	Greens	Neil Cotter	9,394	10.70	+1.62
	One Nation	Glen Cookson	7,006	7.98	−0.58
	United Australia	Jeff Crank	5,064	5.77	+2.08
	Animal Justice	Suzanne Clarke	2,284	2.60	+2.60
Total formal votes			87,822	96.11	+3.84
Informal votes			3,553	3.89	−3.84
Turnout			91,375	84.56	−4.26
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	51,892	59.09	+2.65
	Liberal National	Paul Darwen	35,930	40.91	−2.65
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.65

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Rankin 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 Rankin (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal/Liberal National

  National

  Labor

  Greens

  Australian Democrats

  Family First

  One Nation

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred results in Rankin

External links

• Division of Rankin (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission