Lilley Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Lilley in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
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Created | 1913 |
MP | Wayne Swan |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Charles Lilley |
Electors | 107,004 (2016) |
Area | 147 km2 (56.8 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Lilley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1913. The division is named after Sir Charles Lilley, a former Premier of Queensland and a former Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of Queensland.
The Division of Lilley includes sparsely populated areas of Brisbane Airport, tidal wetlands around Boondall and industrial areas around Pinkenba.
Lilley stretches from Nundah in the south to the bayside suburbs of Sandgate and Brighton in the north, and as far west as Everton Park.
Lilley currently covers the north-eastern part of the City of Brisbane local government area, and includes Banyo, Boondall, Brighton, Chermside, Deagon, Geebung, Kedron, Northgate, Nudgee, Nundah, Pinkenba, Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Taigum, Virginia, Wavell Heights, Zillmere, and Aspley.