ALP 11.3%
Incumbent MP
Jim Chalmers, since 2013.
Geography
Rankin covers suburbs in both the City of Brisbane and the City of Logan in the southern parts of the greater Brisbane region. Suburbs include Algester, Calamvale, Hillcrest, Regents Park, Heritage Park, Crestmead, Kingston, Chatswood Hills and Springwood.
Redistribution
No change.
History
The seat of Rankin was created in 1984 as part of the expansion of the House of Representatives. It has always been held by the Labor Party. It originally covered Beaudesert and the Gold Coast hinterland but it has gradually moved into safer areas closer to Brisbane.
The seat was first won in 1984 by Labor MP David Beddall. Beddall had won the marginal seat of Fadden off the Liberal Party in 1983 before moving to Rankin. Beddall joined the Hawke ministry after the 1990 election and joined the Labor cabinet after the 1993 election, serving as a cabinet minister until the defeat of the Keating government in 1996. He retired from Rankin in 1998.
Rankin was won in 1998 by Labor candidate Craig Emerson. Emerson held Rankin for the next fifteen years. Emerson joined the Labor shadow ministry following the 2001 election, and served as a minister from 2007 to 2013.
Emerson retired at the 2013 election, and Labor candidate Jim Chalmers retained the seat.
Candidates
Assessment
Rankin is a safe Labor seat.
2016 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Jim Chalmers | Labor | 42,147 | 49.3 | +7.2 |
| Freya Ostapovitch | Liberal National | 24,455 | 28.6 | -7.7 |
| Neil Cotter | Greens | 5,373 | 6.3 | +1.0 |
| Christopher Lawrie | Family First | 5,011 | 5.9 | +2.9 |
| Ric Davies | Liberal Democrats | 3,513 | 4.1 | +4.1 |
| Shane Holley | Katter’s Australian Party | 2,874 | 3.4 | +1.3 |
| Jeffrey Dale Hodges | Consumer Rights & No-Tolls | 2,050 | 2.4 | +2.4 |
| Informal | 5,225 | 5.8 |
2016 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Jim Chalmers | Labor | 52,362 | 61.3 | +6.5 |
| Freya Ostapovitch | Liberal National | 33,061 | 38.7 | -6.5 |
Booth breakdown
Polling places have been split into four geographic areas. Booths in the City of Brisbane have been grouped as “west”. Booths in the City of Logan have been split into South, East and North-East.
The ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all four areas, ranging from 54.1% in the north-east to 70.9% in the south.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South | 70.9 | 13,779 | 16.1 |
| East | 69.7 | 12,745 | 14.9 |
| West | 54.6 | 12,253 | 14.3 |
| North-East | 54.1 | 9,727 | 11.4 |
| Other votes | 58.0 | 14,022 | 16.4 |
| Pre-poll | 59.5 | 22,897 | 26.8 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Rankin at the 2016 federal election
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The assistant shadow treasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers. What a smart bloke. He reckons he can collect $25 Billion P/A from the black economy !!!!!. If it were that easy wouldn’t it have already happened ??. No .This bloke is so so smart that he knows stuff that has escaped everybody else !!. He knows best.!! More!! Better !!. Yet another totally full of himself Type 5 fixation. A complete menace to the well being of our country.
Consequently i remain extremely sceptical of anything this “genius” says.
If he says our borders will remain secure, then i’ll be looking to by shares in the business that runs detention centres !!
Jim Chalmers has an article in the Australian today. Predictably it is all about the govt budgetary failures, hightailing regime yada yada yada. Of course there is not the slightest acknowledgement of the previous govt ‘legacies”!!. Nor is there any comprehension of the total obstruction of the opposition to any spending reduction measures. The man is a totally unconscionable lying reprobate, & hypocrite.
The good thing is that i know that there is no point in listening to any thing the man says
The M1 socioeconomic divide in Logan is clear as day on this map.
LNP Candidate for Rankin – Clinton Pattison
https://www.lnp.org.au/our-team/federal-candidates/
United Australia Party – Shaymal Reddy
https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/candidates/shyamal-reddy/
Who is Yusuf Mohammed? Never heard of him, can’t find out anything about him online. Would vote for him if I knew his policies and agreed with them, but not going to vote for a ghost.
Agree with above comment. Having difficulty finding any info on Yusuf Mohammad
This Yusuf Tahir Mohammad is not a ghost at all. He is a quiet family man with few expectations and primarily using the occasion to voice certain opinions. These opinions do not include matters of money or infrastructure but social issues such as education, law and order and employment specific to the lower end of town within the Logan area. This candidate does not know the meaning of ‘negative gearing’ or ‘franking credit’ and seems to have survived without this knowledge until now. Further to the above, this candidate is making a stand for the third time, this time with the original hope of securing 4% of votes. From Pre-polling Day 1 it was realised this was but a dream. He, his wife and children, are part of the Muslim community, currently rejoicing in the holy month of Rhamadan, a lunar month of fasting and reflection. Sincerely, Yusuf Mohammad
Yusuf M
That is really lovely mate !!. But do you have any political views ?. Or ideas about your local area, & community ? . Or maybe your sitting MP ?. Something concrete, useful, relevant ? Just asking ?