Sandgate winner revealed and what it means for you

Stirling Hinchliffe, Rodney Miles, Clark Siemsen, Miree Le Roy and Todd Milham went to battle in the seat of Sandgate. Here’s who came out on top and what it means for the people in Brisbane’s bayside.

ALP member Stirling Hinchliffe has won the seat of Sandgate for a third term, beating out LNP candidate Clark Siemsen with a commanding lead of 56.27 per cent.

The seat of Sandgate was swayed by promises of local job creation, major spending on infrastructure and millions of dollars in funding to local schools, all of which aim to help the region recover from the coronavirus lockdowns earlier in the year.

Here’s what it means for you.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Queensland Minister for Local Government Stirling Hinchliffe speaks at a press conference after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk officially opened the Northside Indoor Sports Centre in Zillmere, on Brisbane's Northside, while on the election campaign trail.

ROADS

$128 million to construct the Beams Rd overpass in Fitzgibbon

HEALTH

While the Prince Charles hospital is not in the Sandgate electorate, it is used by its residents. A re-elected Labor Government have promised to put $3 million aside to fast track the expansion of its emergency services department.

Queensland Minister for Local Government, Racing and Multicultural Affairs Stirling Hinchliffe has been reelected for a third term.

JOBS AND PROJECTS

$51 billion in infrastructure spending over the next four years

$28.9 million to build a robotics and advanced manufacturing centre on the northside

SCHOOLS

$5 million for a performing arts hall at Sandgate High

$500,000 for Bracken Ridge State High School