Pegg was first elected at the
2015 election, defeating incumbent
Freya Ostapovitch on a swing of over 14%. Ostapovitch had won the previously safe seat from
Labor during the
Liberal National Party of Queensland landslide of the
2012 election. In the subsequent
2017 and
2020 elections, Pegg increased the margin of Stretton back into safe territory for Labor, winning 64.8% of the
two-party preferred vote in 2020. During his time as a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Pegg served as a member of various committees including as Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee, Chair of the State Development, Tourism, Innovation and Manufacturing Committee, Chair of the Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee, Chair of the Agriculture and Environment Committee and as a Member of the Ethics Committee. In 2017, Pegg was awarded the Queensland Public Service Award by the Queensland Intercultural Society. On 4 June 2021,
Stretton State College named its performing arts building the Duncan Pegg Performing Arts Centre in recognition of Pegg's support for the school's arts and instrumental music programs. Pegg was diagnosed with cancer in 2019. He died at age 40 on 10 June 2021, seven weeks after he announced he was retiring from politics to focus on his health. ==References==