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THE POLL BLUDGER MONCRIEFF
When parliament was enlarged in 1984, the Gold Coast seat of McPherson was pulled closer into the south-eastern corner of Queensland and Moncrieff was created to cover the surrounding area to the north and west, respectively including Southport and Beaudesert. The electorate became entirely coastally oriented in 1996 when the Beaudesert area was transferred to Forde. Steven Ciobo assumed the seat in 2001 on the retirement of Kathy Sullivan, member since the seat's creation in 1984 and previously a Senator from 1974, making her the longest serving female member in the history of federal parliament. | |