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Federal division, outer-metropolitan

# Rankin

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Chalmers_2020.jpg?width=96)**Jim Chalmers** Labor, Rankin ](https://politics.computer/mp/jim-chalmers)

About

## About Rankin

Rankin is an Australian House of Representatives electoral division in Queensland, southeast of Brisbane, covering parts of the City of Brisbane and City of Logan. It is held by Jim Chalmers of the Australian Labor Party, who is Treasurer of Australia. The seat is classed as outer-metropolitan.

Created

1984

Named after

Dame Annabelle Rankin, first Queensland woman elected to the Senate

Held by the same party since

1984, Australian Labor Party

Classification

Outer-metropolitan

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FRankin), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Rankin whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Rankin yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Rankin are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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