Bancroft Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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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°11′36″S 153°00′32″E / 27.1932°S 153.009°E | ||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.[1]