Electoral district of Redcliffe

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The Electoral District of Redcliffe is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral division in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

The division encompasses suburbs to the north and northeast of Brisbane, including Redcliffe, Woody Point, Scarborough, Clontarf and Margate, as well as parts of Kippa-Ring. The electorate's boundary stretches to take in Moreton Island.

The seat was created in 1960 and was first held by Liberal (later National) member Jim Houghton. The seat was contested between the Liberal and National Parties until Houghton's mid-term retirement in 1979, followed by a byelection won by Liberal Terry White. White became the Liberal leader in August 1983, causing a split in the National-dominated coalition at the time. In 1989, he lost the seat to Australian Labor Party member Ray Hollis, who at one point was Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. In 2005, Hollis resigned and the Liberals' Terry Rogers, a local chartered accountant, picked up the seat in an 8.4% landslide. However, his tenure in the seat was short, and he lost it to current member Lillian van Litsenburg, a school teacher, in the 2006 election.

[edit] Members for Redcliffe

	Party	Term
Jim Houghton	Independent/Liberal/Country/National	1960-1979
Terry White	Liberal Party of Australia	1979-1989
Ray Hollis	Australian Labor Party	1989-2005
Terry Rogers	Liberal Party of Australia	2005-2006
Lillian van Litsenburg	Australian Labor Party	2006-present