ALP 25.8%
Incumbent MP
Cameron Dick, since 2015.
Geography
South-East Queensland. Woodridge covers northern parts of the City of Logan, including the suburbs of Woodridge, Logan Central, Marsden, Heritage Park and parts of Slacks Creek, Regents Park, Kingston and Crestmead.
Redistribution
Woodridge shifted south, gaining Heritage Park and part of Regents Park from Logan, and losing Underwood and part of Slacks Creek to Waterford. These changes slightly cut the Labor margin from 25.9% to 25.8%.
History
The seat of Woodridge has existed since 1977. It has been won by the ALP at every election.
Bill D’Arcy won the seat in 1977. D’Arcy had first been elected at the 1972 Albert by-election, serving until the 1974 election. He served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1982.
D’Arcy resigned in early 2000 and was later convicted of a number of child sex offences, and served a number of years in prison.
Mike Kaiser won the seat at the 2000 by-election. Kaiser was a former state secretary of the ALP. In 2001 he was forced to resign from the ALP after evidence emerged that he had falsified electoral enrolment forms to help in internal ALP preselections.
Kaiser retired from Woodridge in 2001. He later returned to the ALP and served as Assistant National Secretary for the 2004 election, and then as Chief of Staff to NSW Premier Morris Iemma and Queensland Premier Anna Bligh.
Desley Scott won Woodridge in 2001. Scott held the seat for five terms, retiring in 2015. She was succeeded by Labor candidate Cameron Dick.
Candidates
- Cameron Dick (Labor)
- Jacob Rice (Greens)
- Michael Rooms (Liberal National)
- Trevor Palmer (Independent)
Assessment
Woodridge is a very safe Labor seat.
2015 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Cameron Dick | Labor | 16,375 | 62.7 | +16.0 | 62.0 |
| Steve Viliamu | Liberal National | 5,140 | 19.7 | -16.2 | 21.7 |
| Scott Thomson | Greens | 1,922 | 7.4 | -1.2 | 6.8 |
| Trevor Palmer | Independent | 1,718 | 6.6 | +6.6 | 4.9 |
| Dave Beard | Independent | 954 | 3.7 | +3.7 | 2.7 |
| Family First | 1.1 | ||||
| Others | 0.7 | ||||
| Informal | 951 | 3.5 |
2015 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Cameron Dick | Labor | 18,437 | 75.9 | +20.2 | 75.8 |
| Steve Viliamu | Liberal National | 5,839 | 24.1 | -20.2 | 24.2 |
| Exhausted | 1,833 | 7.0 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Woodridge have been divided into three areas: central, north and south.
The ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 73.6% in the south to 80% in the north.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South | 73.6 | 10,372 | 36.3 |
| Central | 79.7 | 5,036 | 17.6 |
| North | 79.9 | 3,183 | 11.1 |
| Other votes | 69.9 | 10,012 | 35.0 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Woodridge at the 2015 QLD state election
ALP retain, Cameron Dick to be Labor leader & Mark Ryan from Morayfield as deputy opposition leader
Labor retain, Dick probably the opposition leader if Labor lose.