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Queensland state district

# Macalister

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [ **Melissa McMahon** Labor, Macalister ](https://politics.computer/mp/melissa-mcmahon)

About

## About Macalister

Macalister is a electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in Logan City. It is held by Melissa McMahon of the Labor Party. The district was created in the 2017 redistribution and is named after Arthur Macalister, the second Queensland Premier.

Created

2017 redistribution

First contested

2017 Queensland state election

Named after

Arthur Macalister, second Queensland Premier

Sitting member

Melissa McMahon (Labor)

Location

Logan City, Queensland

Suburbs include

Bahrs Scrub, Bannockburn, Beenleigh, Carbrook, Cornubia and others

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FMacalister), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

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

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

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