What is Division of Dickson?
{{coord|-27.271|152.847|display=title}} {{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes | name = Dickson | image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|from=Australian Federal Electorates/Queensland/Dickson.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=300|overlay=[[File:Division of Dickson 2019.png|80px]]|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom}} | caption = Interactive map of boundaries | created = 1992 | mp = [[Peter Dutton]] | mp-party = [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]] | namesake = [[James Dickson (Queensland politician)|James Dickson]] | electors = 94,376 (2013) | area = 722 | class = Outer Metropolitan }} [[File:James Robert Dickson.jpg|thumb|James Dickson]] The '''Division of Dickson''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in [[Queensland]], Australia. It was set up in 1992 and is named after Sir [[James Dickson (Queensland politician)|James Dickson]], a supporter of the [[Federation of Australia|Australian Federation]], the [[Premier of Queensland]] and [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Minister for Defence]] in the first Australian government.<ref name=profile>{{cite web |title=Profile of the electoral division of Dickson (Qld) |work=Australian Electoral Commission |year=2014 |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/dickson.htm |access-date=9 February 2014}}</ref> It covers the outer north-western suburbs of [[Brisbane]], including [[Albany Creek, Queensland|Albany Creek]], Arana Hills, Bray Park, Brendale, Cashmere, Dayboro, Eatons Hill, Everton Hills, Ferny Hills, Joyner, [[Kallangur, Queensland|Kallangur]], Lawnton, Mount Glorious, Mount Nebo, Petrie, Samford Valley, [[Strathpine, Queensland|Strathpine]], and Warner.<ref name=profile/> ==1993 Election== There was an unusual circumstance at the [[Australian federal election, 1993|1993 election]]. One of the candidates, an independent, died very shortly before the election. Because of this another election had to be called for the divis