Division of Dickson

Dickson includes the suburbs of Kurwongbah, Petrie, Strathpine, Albany Creek, Ferny Hills, Everton Hills, Murrumba Downs and parts of Kallangur.

[1] The division was formed in 1992 and is named after Sir James Dickson, a leading advocate in Australian Federation, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Defence in the first Australian ministry.

Following Labor's reelection, the Prime Minister Paul Keating announced the makeup of the Second Keating ministry to be sworn in on 24 March, but kept the portfolio of Attorney-General open for Lavarch subject to him winning Dickson on 17 April.

[2] The division is located in the outer north-western suburbs of Brisbane, including Albany Creek, Kallangur and Strathpine.

The 2006 redistribution added the Shire of Esk to and removed part of Kallangur from the seat.

Sir James Dickson , the division's namesake
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Dickson in the 2022 federal election . check Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.