division of petrie preview 2018/19

today i’m looking at the division of pertrie one of the liberals most marginal seats first contested in 1949 when it was won by alan hulme of the liberal party he was a shock causuallty of the 1961 election to labors Reginald o’brien for one term till hulme won it back in 1963 who was a minister than. marshall cooke scuccded him in 1972 for the libs than john hodges held it from 1974 to 1983 for the liberals before dean wells won it in the labor landslide in 1983 hodges won it back in 1984 for one  term labors gary johns than won it in 1987 begining its litnes test run he lost in 1996 to liberal theresa gambaro who held it till 2007 and later became member for brisbane in 2010 she retired in 2016. labors yvette dath won it in 2007 losing in 2013 to liberal luke hosworth dath is now a minister in qld. the libs increased their margin against the trend last time making this seat a seat to watch.
it is a close northern brisbane seat with polls tightening this should be one to watch but labor would be favourites to win it back
prediction labor gain narrow.