LNP 10.9%
Incumbent MP
Scott Buchholz, since 2010.
Geography
Wright covers rural parts of South-East Queensland. Wright covers sparsely populated parts of the Gold Coast hinterland, rural parts of the City of Logan, and the entirety of Lockyer Valley and Scenic Rim council areas. Wright covers the towns of Boonah, Beaudesert, Gatton and Laidley, and comes close to the major centres of Logan, Gold Coast, Ipswich and Toowoomba.
History
Wright was created in the 2010 election, out of parts of the seats of Forde and Blair. Both seats were Labor seats in 2007, but Wright was created as a notional Liberal National seat, and neither sitting Labor MP ran in Wright.
In 2010, Wright was created with a 53.8% majority for the LNP. The LNP’s Scott Buchholz won the seat with a 6% swing, and has been re-elected three times.
Assessment
Wright is a safe LNP seat.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Scott Buchholz | Liberal National | 45,753 | 43.2 | -1.7 |
| Pam McCreadie | Labor | 22,643 | 21.4 | +2.6 |
| Keith Hicks | One Nation | 15,095 | 14.2 | +0.2 |
| Nicole Thompson | Greens | 12,107 | 11.4 | +4.3 |
| Cassandra Duffill | United Australia | 8,703 | 8.2 | +3.3 |
| Shonna-Lee Banasiak | Federation Party | 1,632 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Informal | 3,733 | 3.4 | -2.7 |
2022 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Scott Buchholz | Liberal National | 64,506 | 60.9 | -3.7 |
| Pam McCreadie | Labor | 41,427 | 39.1 | +3.7 |
Booths have been divided into four areas. Wright covers parts of four local government areas, and polling places have been divided into these four areas.
The LNP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all four areas, ranging from 54.6% in Logan to 62.6% in Scenic Rim.
The One Nation primary vote ranged from 12.0% on the Gold Coast to 19.4% in the Lockyer Valley.
The Greens came fourth, with a primary vote ranging from 8.9% in Lockyer Valley to 14.9% on the Gold Coast.
| Voter group | GRN prim | ON prim | LNP 2PP | Total votes | % of votes |
| Logan | 12.4 | 15.5 | 54.6 | 13,984 | 13.2 |
| Scenic Rim | 14.4 | 14.2 | 62.6 | 13,613 | 12.9 |
| Lockyer Valley | 8.9 | 19.4 | 61.8 | 11,156 | 10.5 |
| Gold Coast | 14.9 | 12.0 | 59.8 | 7,127 | 6.7 |
| Pre-poll | 9.8 | 13.0 | 62.0 | 33,667 | 31.8 |
| Other votes | 11.7 | 13.7 | 61.8 | 26,386 | 24.9 |
Election results in Wright at the 2022 federal election
Toggle between two-party-preferred votes and primary votes for the Liberal National Party, Labor, One Nation and the Greens.
29.1% of this seat voted for a right-wing minor party, the highest percentage in the nation.
I spent ages making a map for the right-wing minor party vote around the country but now I can’t find the bloody file. Very annoying.
I should be more specific: highest other than Kennedy which is Bob Katter’s seat (counting KAP as a right-wing minor party)
@nether portal
I sometimes wonder what would have happened if there was no Clive Palmer or Rennick one nation vote could be even higher
Fun fact is Pauline Hanson lives around Beaudesert