Division of Oxley

This page is about the current federal electorate. For the former electorate, see Division of Oxley (1901–1934).

The Division of Oxley is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was created in 1949 and named after the Australian explorer, John Oxley. Oxley covers the south western suburbs of Brisbane, as well as part of the city of Ipswich. There was an earlier Division of Oxley from 1901–1934, which covered a different part of Brisbane.

Oxley Australian House of Representatives Division
Created	1949
MP	Milton Dick
Party	Labor
Namesake	John Oxley
Electors	82,768 (2010)
Area	155 km2 (59.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Members for Oxley

Member		Party	Term
	Donald A. Cameron	Liberal	1949–1961
	Bill Hayden	Labor	1961–1988
	Les Scott	Labor	1988–1996
	Pauline Hanson	Independent	1996–1997
		One Nation	1997–1998
	Bernie Ripoll	Labor	1998–2016
	Milton Dick	Labor	2016–present

Its best-known member was Bill Hayden, the Labor Opposition Leader between 1977 and 1983. Hayden became a minister in the Hawke Government and in 1988 was made Governor-General.

In 1996, Pauline Hanson was selected by the Liberal Party to contest the seat. She lost Liberal support because of her views on migration and Aboriginal issues. The Liberal Party were not able to select another person in time, and Hanson was elected as Liberal, but sat in the House of Representatives as an independent. She formed the right wing One Nation party. After a redistribution in 1997, Hanson unsuccessfully contested the Division of Blair at the 1998 election.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Oxley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Milton Dick	43,785	45.89	+3.36
	Liberal National	Kyle McMillen	27,385	28.70	−5.87
	Greens	Asha Worsteling	13,595	14.25	+2.61
	One Nation	Dylan Kozlowski	5,568	5.84	−0.46
	United Australia	Timothy Coombes	5,079	5.32	+2.70
Total formal votes			95,412	96.38	+1.13
Informal votes			3,582	3.62	−1.13
Turnout			98,994	87.87	−3.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Milton Dick	58,768	61.59	+5.20
	Liberal National	Kyle McMillen	36,644	38.41	−5.20
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.20

Division Of Oxley Media

• John Oxley.jpg

  John Oxley, the division's namesake

• Donald Cameron.png

  Australian politician Donald Cameron, Liberal MHR for Oxley.

• Bill Hayden 1974 (cropped).jpg

  Bill Hayden 1974 (cropped)

• Labor Placeholder.png

  Placeholder for use in Australian election infoboxes where the party leader does not have an image available (or the party does not have a leader) or where a candidate photo is not available

• Pauline Hanson (438351804) (cropped).jpg

  Pauline Hanson (438351804) (cropped)

• Bernie Ripoll.jpg

  Portrait of Bernie Ripoll

• Milton Dick Inala Police Look to the Stars (cropped).jpg

  Milton Dick Inala Police Look to the Stars (cropped)

Other websites

• Division of Oxley (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission
• Bernie Ripoll's website Archived 2013-05-30 at the Wayback Machine