Maryborough is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
Maryborough Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1865 | ||||||||||||||
MP | John Barounis | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Maryborough | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 38,267 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4,705 km2 (1,816.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°39′S 152°30′E / 25.650°S 152.500°E | ||||||||||||||
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The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough and takes in other surrounding communities.
History
editIn 1864, the Additional Members Act created six additional electoral districts, each returning 1 member:
- Clermont
- Kennedy
- Maryborough
- Mitchell
- Rockhampton
- Warrego
The first elections in these six electorates were held in 1865 (that is, during a parliamentary term and not as part of a general election across Queensland). The nomination date for the election in Maryborough was 30 January 1865 and the election was held on 1 February 1865.[1]
Between 1878 and 1912, the district elected two members, and then returned only a single member to the present time (2014).[2]
Members for Maryborough
editThe members for Maryborough were:[3]
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bruce Saunders | 14,336 | 38.6 | −14.6 | |
Liberal National | John Barounis | 13,593 | 36.6 | +10.3 | |
One Nation | Taryn Gillard | 5,702 | 15.4 | +2.2 | |
Greens | Lauren Granger-Brown | 1,323 | 3.6 | +0.9 | |
Family First | Kerry Petrus | 904 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Jamie Miller | 811 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Independent | Daniel James Beattie | 439 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 37,108 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,899 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 39,007 | ||||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | John Barounis | 19,609 | 52.8 | +14.7 | |
Labor | Bruce Saunders | 17,499 | 47.2 | −14.7 | |
Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +14.7 |
References
edit- ^ "Local and General News". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 19 January 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Maryborough - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
- Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
- Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930–1980 w.an outline of Queensland electorates 1859–1980 / D.B. Waterson and John Arnold
External links
edit- Green, Antony (2 August 2024). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.