The current MP is Scott Buchholz of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

The division was created under the Australian Electoral Commission's 2009 Redistribution of Queensland.

[2] The division of Wright covers 7,577 square kilometres, stretching from the western Gold Coast, through the remnant rural areas between Logan City and the NSW border, and around to include the Lockyer Valley Council area west of Ipswich.

As well as covering most of the Gold Coast hinterland, Wright includes Beaudesert, Jimboomba, Boonah, Laidley, Gatton, Hatton Vale and Helidon.

The division has been represented since the 2010 election by Scott Buchholz, a member of the Liberal National Party.