Divisions · Queensland · 114,860 enrolled

Ryan

Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Greens) won Ryan in 2025 with 53.27% of the final two-candidate vote against Maggie Forrest (LNP), a marginal margin of 3.27 points.

Member now Elizabeth Watson-Brown Greens · in Parliament since 21 May 2022

Boundaries: AEC, March 2025 (CC BY 4.0)

Turnout: 92.81%
Informal: 2.94%
Labor TPP: 57.82%
TPP swing to Labor: +5.40
Formal votes: 103,462
2022 winner: Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Greens)

2025 · first preferences

8 candidates

Maggie ForrestLNP 35,806 34.61% −3.89
Elizabeth Watson-BrownGreens · sitting member · elected 29,986 28.98% −1.23
Rebecca HackLabor 29,217 28.24% +5.94
N De LappPeople First 2,407 2.33% +2.33
Robbie ElsomOne Nation 2,327 2.25% 0.00
Ryan HuntTrumpet of Patriots 1,372 1.33% +0.97
Donna GallehawkFamily First 1,340 1.30% +1.30
Gina MastertonFUSION 1,007 0.97% +0.97

Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).

After preferences

The final two

Elizabeth Watson-Brown · Greens 53.27% 55,112

Maggie Forrest · LNP 46.73% 48,350

Lead: 6,762 of 103,462 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 57.82%.

Distribution of preferences · 7 counts

Candidate	First	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
Donna Gallehawk · Family First	1,340	1,430	1,579	excl.
Rebecca Hack · Labor	29,217	29,424	29,532	29,896	30,153	30,893	excl.
Gina Masterton · FUSION	1,007	excl.
Elizabeth Watson-Brown · Greens	29,986	30,460	30,555	30,720	31,032	31,705	55,112
Maggie Forrest · LNP	35,806	35,884	36,197	36,511	37,012	40,864	48,350
N De Lapp · People First	2,407	2,502	2,661	3,145	excl.
Ryan Hunt · Trumpet of Patriots	1,372	1,404	excl.
Robbie Elsom · One Nation	2,327	2,358	2,938	3,190	5,265	excl.

Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.

Photos: Elizabeth Watson-Brown — Australian Greens, CC BY-SA 2.5 au . Via Wikimedia Commons.