Lockyer is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district consists primarily of Gatton and Laidley Shires and the northern parts of Beaudesert Shire. It includes the major town of Gatton and a number of smaller centres including Laidley, Helidon and Withcott. The eastern parts of the district are part of the outer southern suburbs of Ipswich and Brisbane in the area of Greenmount.
The district is bounded on the west by Toowoomba North, and Toowoomba South. On the southwest and south by Condamine, Southern Downs and Beaudesert. To the north and northwest by Nanango. To the northeast, where it passes south of Ipswich and Brisbane, it is bounded by Ipswich West, Ipswich, Moggill. To the east, it shares a boundary with the seat of Logan.
The electorate has been represented by Jim McDonald since the 2017 election. Pauline Hanson came within just 114 votes of being elected at the 2015 election with a 49.78 percent two-candidate vote.
Hanson's subsequent election to the Senate in 2016 precluded her from running in Lockyer again in 2017.
Members for Lockyer First incarnation (1888–1932)MemberPartyTerm William North Unaligned 1888–1893 William Drayton Armstrong Various1 1893–1904 Michael O'Keefe Ministerialist 1904–1907 William Drayton Armstrong Various1 1907–1918 Cuthbert Butler Labor 1918–1920 George Logan Country 1920–1929 Charles Jamieson Independent 1929–1932 Second incarnation (1950–present)MemberPartyTerm (Sir) Gordon Chalk Liberal 1950–1976 Tony Bourke Liberal 1976–1980 Tony Fitzgerald National 1980–1998 Peter Prenzler One Nation 1998–1999 City Country Alliance 1999–2001 Bill Flynn One Nation 2001–2004 Ian Rickuss National 2004–2008 Liberal National 2008–2017 Jim McDonald Liberal National 2017–present
1 William Drayton Armstrong alternately listed his party alignment as Liberal, Opposition, and Ministeralist (twice). The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.
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