Aspley is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district is located in the north-eastern residential suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Aspley, Bridgeman Downs and Carseldine, as well as parts of McDowall, Chermside West, Bald Hills, Geebung and Zillmere. It is now wholly within the local government area of Brisbane City Council, following the redistribution prior to the 2009 election.
The electorate was created at the 1959 redistribution from the former electorate of Chermside. Aspley was a safe Liberal seat until the collapse of the National-Liberal coalition in Queensland in 1983, when first-term Liberal member Beryce Nelson lost the seat to the Nationals' Brian Cahill a former local newsreader. Nelson then joined the Nationals and was subsequently preselected to contest Aspley at the 1986 election. She won and held the seat for that term and then was defeated by the Liberals' John Goss in 1989. Goss was defeated by Labor's Bonny Barry in Labor's landslide victory at the 2001 state election. Barry was herself defeated after three terms by Tracy Davis of the Liberal National Party at the 2009 state election. Davis was defeated at the 2017 state election by Labor's Bart Mellish. Mellish defeated former politician Amanda Cooper at the 2020 state election. Cooper again contested the 2024 state election but lost by a very close 31 vote margin to Mellish. Mellish was ultimately successful in retaining the electorate.
Members for Aspley MemberPartyTerm Fred Campbell Liberal 1960–1980 Beryce Nelson Liberal 1980–1983 Brian Cahill National 1983–1986 Beryce Nelson National 1986–1989 John Goss Liberal 1989–2001 Bonny Barry Labor 2001–2009 Tracy Davis Liberal National 2009–2017 Bart Mellish Labor 2017–present
Election results
References
External links Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)