Electoral district of Bancroft

Bancroft is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution. It is named after pioneer doctor Joseph Bancroft.

Bancroft Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of Bancroft, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Chris Whiting
Party	Labor Party
Namesake	Joseph Bancroft
Electors	36,462 (2020)
Area	74 km2 (28.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27.1932°S 153.009°E / -27.1932; 153.009
Electorates around Bancroft: Morayfield Pumicestone Pumicestone Kurwongbah Bancroft Redcliffe Murrumba Murrumba Murrumba

Located in the City of Moreton Bay, Bancroft consists of the north and central sections of the existing electorate of Murrumba, including the suburbs of Burpengary East, Deception Bay, North Lakes and parts of the Narangba, Rothwell, Morayfield and Mango Hill suburbs.

Members for Bancroft

Member		Party	Term
	Chris Whiting	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Bancroft

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Bancroft.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Bancroft

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Whiting	16,301	53.60	+10.63
	Liberal National	Phil Carlson	8,626	28.36	+1.60
	One Nation	Nik Aai Reddy	2,666	8.77	−10.30
	Greens	Ell-Leigh Ackerman	1,820	5.98	−0.23
	Independent	Barry Grant	1,001	3.29	−1.71
Total formal votes			30,414	96.76	+1.03
Informal votes			1,017	3.24	−1.03
Turnout			31,431	86.20	−1.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Chris Whiting	19,100	62.80	+6.59
	Liberal National	Phil Carlson	11,314	37.20	−6.59
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.59

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name