Electoral district of Cairns
state electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Cairns is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1888.
| Cairns Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Cairns, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1888–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Michael Healy | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Cairns | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 36,789 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°56′S 145°45′E / 16.933°S 145.750°E | ||||||||||||||
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Cairns is in Cairns.
Election results
change| 2020 Queensland state election: Cairns[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Michael Healy | 12,727 | 44.20 | +13.75 | |
| Liberal National | Sam Marino | 10,505 | 36.48 | +8.78 | |
| Greens | Daniel Dench | 2,829 | 9.82 | +1.76 | |
| One Nation | Darrin Griffith | 1,707 | 5.93 | −8.71 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Sarah Baxter | 724 | 2.51 | +2.51 | |
| United Australia | David Wright | 302 | 1.05 | +1.05 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,794 | 96.46 | +0.53 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,056 | 3.54 | −0.53 | ||
| Turnout | 29,850 | 81.14 | +0.16 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Michael Healy | 16,006 | 55.59 | +2.20 | |
| Liberal National | Sam Marino | 12,788 | 44.41 | −2.20 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +2.20 | |||