Division of Brisbane
Introduction


The **Division of Brisbane** is an [Australian electoral division](/wiki/Divisions_of_the_Australian_House_of_Representatives "Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives") in the [state](/wiki/States_and_territories_of_Australia "States and territories of Australia") of [Queensland](/wiki/Queensland "Queensland").

The electorate has had a large number of openly [gay](/wiki/Gay "Gay") candidates over the years. In 2016, both major parties (the [LNP](/wiki/Liberal_National_Party_of_Queensland "Liberal National Party of Queensland") and the [Labor Party](/wiki/Labor_Party_of_Australia "Labor Party of Australia")) fielded an openly gay candidate for the first time in Australian history. In 2022, the [Greens](/wiki/Australian_Greens "Australian Greens") candidate [Stephen Bates](/wiki/Stephen_Bates "Stephen Bates"), an openly gay man, defeated incumbent LNP member [Trevor Evans](/wiki/Trevor_Evans_%28politician%29 "Trevor Evans (politician)"), who is also gay.


What party was Stephen Bates a candidate for?