# Electoral district of Ipswich

Ipswich is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district on the Brisbane River, west of Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate includes Ipswich and its suburbs, south and east of the Bremer River, west of Bundamba Creek and north of the Cunningham Highway.

## History

The electoral district of Town of Ipswich was one of the original 16 established in 1859, when Queensland became a separate colony. It returned 3 members.
In the redistribution of 1872, its name was shortened to just "Ipswich" and it became a single member constituency, due to the creation of the electoral district of Bundamba. In the redistribution of 1878, it absorbed the electoral district of Bremer and became a dual-member constituency.
In 1912, it again reverted to a single member constituency, due to the re-introduction of the single-member electoral district of Bremer.

## Members for Ipswich

Town of Ipswich: First incarnation (1860–1960),   3 members until 1873 :
| Member 1 | Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party | Term | Member 3 | Party | Term |
| | Frederick Forbes | Unaligned | 1860–1863 | | Patrick O'Sullivan | Unaligned | 1860–1863 | Arthur Macalister | Unaligned | 1860–1868 |
| | Ratcliffe Pring | Unaligned | 1863–1866 | | Henry Challinor | Unaligned | 1863–1868 | Arthur Macalister | Unaligned | 1860–1868 |
| | George Reed | Unaligned | 1866–1867 | | John Thompson | Unaligned | 1868–1873 | Henry Williams | Unaligned | 1868–1870 |
| | John Murphy | Unaligned | 1867–1870 | | John Thompson | Unaligned | 1868–1873 | Henry Williams | Unaligned | 1868–1870 |
| | Benjamin Cribb | Unaligned | 1870–1873 | | John Thompson | Unaligned | 1868–1873 | John Johnston | Unaligned | 1870–1872 |
| | Benjamin Cribb | Unaligned | 1870–1873 | | John Thompson | Unaligned | 1868–1873 | Arthur Macalister | Unaligned | 1872–1873 |
| Ipswich: 1873–1878, 1 member ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Arthur Macalister | Unaligned | 1873–1876 |
| | George Thorn, Jr. | Unaligned | 1876–1878 |
| 1878–1912, 2 members ||||
| Member 1 | Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Member 2 | Party | Term |
| | John Thompson | Unaligned | 1878–1881 | | John MacFarlane | Ministerialist | 1878–1894 |
| | Josiah Francis | Unaligned | 1881–1883 | | John MacFarlane | Ministerialist | 1878–1894 |
| | William Salkeld | Unaligned | 1883–1888 | | John MacFarlane | Ministerialist | 1878–1894 |
| | Andrew Henry Barlow | Ministerialist | 1888–1896 | | John MacFarlane | Ministerialist | 1878–1894 |
| | James Wilkinson | Labour | 1894–1896 | | Alfred Stephenson | Ministerialist | 1896–1902 |
| | Thomas Bridson Cribb | Ministerialist | 1896–1904 | | Sir James Blair | Independent/ Ministerialist/ Opposition | 1902–1912 |
| | William Maughan | Labour | 1904–1912 | | Sir James Blair | Independent/ Ministerialist/ Opposition | 1902–1912 |
| 1912–1960, 1 member ||||
| Member | Member | Party | Term |
| | Sir James Blair | Ministerialist/Independent | 1912–1915 |
| | David Gledson | Labor | 1915–1929 |
| | James Walker | Country and Progressive National | 1929–1932 |
| | David Gledson | Labor | 1932–1949 |
| | Ivor Marsden | Labor | 1949–1960 |
Second incarnation (1972–present),   1 member :
| Member | Party | Term |
| Llew Edwards | Liberal | 1972–1983 |
| David Hamill | Labor | 1983–2001 |
| Rachel Nolan | Labor | 2001–2012 |
| Ian Berry | Liberal National | 2012–2015 |
| Jennifer Howard | Labor | 2015–present |

## Election results

2024 Queensland state election: Ipswich :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labor | Jennifer Howard | 14,069 | 42.64 | −9.16 |
| | Liberal National | Damian Culpeper | 9,604 | 29.10 | +8.77 |
| | Greens | Amanda Holly | 3,527 | 10.69 | +2.25 |
| | One Nation | Mathew Riesenweber | 2,427 | 7.36 | −6.55 |
| | Legalise Cannabis | Deborah Forrester | 1,734 | 5.25 | −0.27 |
| | Family First | Karen Fuller | 1,637 | 4.96 | +4.96 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 32,998 | 95.56 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,533 | 4.44 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,916 | | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Labor | Jennifer Howard | 19,435 | 58.90 | −7.62 |
| | Liberal National | Damian Culpeper | 13,563 | 41.10 | +7.62 |
| | Labor hold | Labor hold | Swing | -7.62 | |