The Division of Ryan is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland. It is west of Brisbane, comprising parts of the City of Brisbane and City of Moreton Bay.
Since 2022 its MP has been Elizabeth Watson-Brown of the Greens. Following the 2025 federal election, Watson-Brown remained as the sole Greens MP in the Australian House of Representatives.
History
The division was created in 1949 and is named after T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919.
In the 2001 federal election, Liberal candidate Michael Johnson was elected. He served as the member for Ryan until he was expelled from the Liberal Party. Johnson subsequently ran as an Independent in the 2010 federal election but lost.
Since 2016 there has been a growing Greens vote, gaining 20% of the first-preference vote in the 2019 election. In 2022, Greens candidate Elizabeth Watson-Brown won the seat from LNP member Julian Simmonds.
Location 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.
Ryan is located in south-east Queensland, and is generally based on the western suburbs of the City of Brisbane.
The Division of Ryan encompasses a number of whole and part suburbs and localities:
Anstead Ashgrove (western and north-western part) Auchenflower Banks Creek (within the City of Brisbane) Bardon (southern part) Bellbowrie Brookfield Chapel Hill England Creek (within the City of Brisbane) Enoggera (western part) Enoggera Reservoir Ferny Grove Fig Tree Pocket Gaythorne Indooroopilly Kenmore Kenmore Hills Keperra Lake Manchester (within the City of Brisbane) Mitchelton Moggill Mount Coot-tha Paddington (southern part) Pinjarra Hills Pullenvale St Lucia Taringa The Gap Toowong Upper Brookfield Upper Kedron
Members Image Member Party Term Notes Nigel Drury Liberal 10 December 1949 –11 November 1975 Retired John Moore 13 December 1975 –5 February 2001 Served as minister under Fraser and Howard. Resigned to retire from politics Leonie Short Labor 17 March 2001 –10 November 2001 Lost seat Michael Johnson Liberal 10 November 2001 –20 May 2010 Expelled from party and then lost seat Independent 20 May 2010 –21 August 2010 Jane Prentice Liberal 21 August 2010 –11 April 2019 Lost preselection and retired Julian Simmonds 18 May 2019 –21 May 2022 Lost seat Elizabeth Watson-Brown Greens 21 May 2022 –present Incumbent
Election results
Notes
References
External links Division of Ryan (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission