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{{Short description|Former state electoral district of Queensland, Australia}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}{{Use Australian English|date=April 2020}}









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|name	Ashgrove|state = qld|image = QLD - Ashgrove 2008.png|caption = Ashgrove (2008—2017)|lifespan = 1960–2017 Ashgrove, Queensland>Ashgrove|electors = 33278|electors_year = 2015|area = 68.9|class = #Members>Several (4 times) {{Australian politics/name|Liberal QLD{edih} (3 times) {{Australian politics/name|Liberal National}} (once) }}	27	S	54	type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}}}Ashgrove was a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia from 1960 to 2017.QLDELECTORATE, 27 April 2020, It was located in the northern suburbs of Brisbane, encompassing Alderley, Ashgrove, Enoggera, The Gap and Newmarket. The electorate also contained the Enoggera Army Barracks and the Enoggera Reservoir, a state forest.In the 2012 state election LNP leader Campbell Newman won the seat, and following his party's success in that election became Premier. In the 2015 election, Kate Jones, who had held the seat for Labor from 2006 to 2012, reclaimed the seat. In losing his seat and the Premiership, Newman became just the second Premier in Queensland history to be defeated in his electorate.Ashgrove was abolished in the 2017 electoral redistribution, mostly being replaced by Cooper.WEB,weblink Determination of Queensland’s Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts, Queensland Redistribution Commission, 26 May 2017, Queensland Government Gazette,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20171029095929weblink">weblink 29 October 2017, dead, 29 October 2017, Members{| class"wikitable"
Liberal}}| | Douglas Tooth	Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)>Liberal| 1960–1974
Liberal}}|	John Greenwood (Australian politician)>John Greenwood	Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)>Liberal| 1974–1983
Labor}}| | Tom Veivers	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)>Labor| 1983–1986
Liberal}}| | Alan Sherlock	Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division)>Liberal| 1986–1989
Labor}}| | Jim Fouras	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)>Labor| 1989–2006
Labor}}| | Kate Jones	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)>Labor| 2006–2012
LNP}}| | Campbell Newman	Liberal National Party of Queensland>Liberal National| 2012–2015
Labor}}| | Kate Jones	Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch)>Labor| 2015–2017

2015 election results

Polling

{| class="toccolours" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="float:left; margin-right:.5em; margin-top:.4em; font-size:90%;"|+Ashgrove polling! style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Date! style="background:#; text-align:center;"|Poll! style="background:#; text-align:center;" colspan="2"|TPP vote! style="background:#; text-align:center;"|! style="background:#; text-align:center;"|! style="background:#f66; text-align:center;"|ALP! style="background:#00bfff; text-align:center;"|LNP! style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"| 2015 election54.3%45.7%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|27 January 2015ReachTEL: Reachtel 27 Jan 2015 {{webarchiveweblink >date=12 March 2015 }}54%46%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|13 January 2015ReachTEL: Reachtel 13 Jan 2015 {{webarchiveweblink >date=15 January 2015 }}53%47%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|28 September 2014ReachTEL: Reachtel 28 September 2014 {{webarchiveweblink >date=10 January 2015 }}56%44%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|4 September 2014ReachTEL: Reachtel 4 September 2014 {{webarchiveweblink >date=15 January 2015 }}58%42%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|22 July 2014ReachTEL: Reachtel 22 July 2014 {{webarchiveweblink >date=15 January 2015 }}53%47%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|26 March 2014ReachTEL: Reachtel 26 March 2014 {{webarchiveweblink >date=31 March 2014 }}54%46%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|14 February 2014GalaxyGALAXY: 53-47 TO LABOR IN ASHGROVE>URL=HTTP://BLOGS.CRIKEY.COM.AU/POLLBLUDGER/2014/02/14/GALAXY-53-47-TO-LABOR-IN-ASHGROVE/URL-STATUS=LIVEARCHIVE-DATE=22 FEBRUARY 2014, 53%47%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|27 November 2013ReachTELweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131204061535weblink">ReachTel 27 November 201352%48%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|6 August 2012ReachTELNewman support slips in Ashgrove: Brisbane Times 7 August 2012 {{webarchiveweblink >date=8 August 2012 }}51.5%48.5%! style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"| 2012 election44.3%55.7%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|21 March 2012ReachTELHTTP://WWW.REACHTEL.COM.AU/BLOG/CAMPBELL-NEWMAN-RETAKES-LEAD-IN-ASHGROVE >TITLE=CAMPBELL NEWMAN REGAINS LEAD OVER JONES IN ASHGROVE DATE=22 MARCH 2012 URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=1 JULY 2012, 48.7%51.3%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|5 March 2012ReachTEL51.5%48.5%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|9 February 2012ReachTEL49%51%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|11 January 2012ReachTEL45.2%54.8%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|8 December 2011ReachTEL45.4%54.6%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|7 November 2011ReachTEL46%54%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|5 October 2011ReachTEL43.5%56.5%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|6 September 2011ReachTEL48%52%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|Jul 2011Newspoll45%55%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|May 2011ReachTELGEOFF KUEHNER – GENERAL MANAGER – BRONCOS LEAGUES CLUB >URL=HTTP://WWW.REACHTEL.COM.AU/BLOG/ASHGROVE-POLLING-NEWMAN-VS-JONES PUBLISHER=REACHTEL.COM.AU URL-STATUS=LIVE ARCHIVE-DATE=31 MARCH 2012, 50.1%49.9%! style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=""|May 2011LNP47%53%! style="text-align:center; background:#b0e9db;"| 2009 election57.1%42.9%{{-}}

References

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External links

• Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)

{{Former electoral districts of Queensland}}