# Division of Ryan

The Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The current MP is Elizabeth Watson-Brown of the Australian Greens.

## History

The division was created in 1949 and is named after T. J. Ryan, Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919.
In the 2001 federal election, Liberal candidate Michael Johnson was elected. He served as the member for Ryan until he was expelled from the Liberal Party. Johnson subsequently ran as an independent in the 2010 federal election but lost.
Since 2016 there has been a growing Greens vote, gaining 20% of the first-preference vote in the 2019 federal election. In the 2022 election, Greens candidate Elizabeth Watson-Brown won the seat from LNP member Julian Simmonds.

## Location

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.
Ryan is located in south east Queensland, and is generally based on the western suburbs of the City of Brisbane.
The Division of Ryan encompasses a number of whole and part suburbs and localities:
* Anstead
* Ashgrove (western and north-western part)
* Auchenflower
* Banks Creek (within City of Brisbane)
* Bardon (southern part)
* Bellbowrie
* Brookfield
* Chapel Hill
* England Creek (within City of Brisbane)
* Enoggera (western part)
* Enoggera Reservoir
* Ferny Grove
* Fig Tree Pocket
* Gaythorne
* Indooroopilly
* Kenmore
* Kenmore Hills
* Keperra
* Lake Manchester (within City of Brisbane)
* Mitchelton
* Moggill
* Mount Coot-tha
* Paddington (southern part)
* Pinjarra Hills
* Pullenvale
* St Lucia
* Taringa
* The Gap
* Toowong
* Upper Brookfield
* Upper Kedron

## Members

| Member | Party | Term | Notes |
| Nigel Drury (1911–1984) | Liberal | 10 December 1949 – 11 November 1975 | Retired |
| John Moore (1936–2025) | Liberal | 13 December 1975 – 5 February 2001 | Served as minister under Fraser and Howard. Resigned to retire from politics |
| Leonie Short (1956–) | Labor | 17 March 2001 – 10 November 2001 | Lost seat |
| Michael Johnson (1970–) | Liberal | 10 November 2001 – 20 May 2010 | Lost preselection and then lost seat |
| Michael Johnson (1970–) | Independent | 20 May 2010 – 21 August 2010 | Lost preselection and then lost seat |
| Jane Prentice (1953–) | Liberal | 21 August 2010 – 11 April 2019 | Lost preselection and retired |
| Julian Simmonds (1985–) | Liberal | 18 May 2019 – 21 May 2022 | Lost seat |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown (1956–) | Greens | 21 May 2022 – present | Incumbent |

## Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Ryan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal National | Julian Simmonds | 38,239 | 38.50 | −10.11 |
| | Greens | Elizabeth Watson-Brown | 30,003 | 30.21 | +9.86 |
| | Labor | Peter Cossar | 22,146 | 22.30 | −2.13 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Damian Coory | 2,582 | 2.60 | +2.60 |
| | One Nation | Joel Love | 2,237 | 2.25 | +0.09 |
| | United Australia | Kathryn Pollard | 2,062 | 2.08 | +0.55 |
| | Animal Justice | Jina Lipman | 1,088 | 1.10 | −0.82 |
| | Progressives | Janine Rees | 606 | 0.61 | +0.61 |
| | Federation | Axel Dancoisne | 353 | 0.36 | +0.36 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 99,316 | 96.94 | −0.66 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,140 | 3.06 | +0.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 102,456 | 92.04 | −0.94 |
| Notional two-party-preferred count ||||||
| | Labor | Peter Cossar | 52,062 | 52.42 | +8.45 |
| | Liberal National | Julian Simmonds | 47,254 | 47.58 | −8.45 |
| Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
| | Greens | Elizabeth Watson-Brown | 52,286 | 52.65 | +52.65 |
| | Liberal National | Julian Simmonds | 47,030 | 47.35 | −8.67 |
| | Greens gain from Liberal National | Greens gain from Liberal National | | | |