Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)
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Mulgrave (2008—)
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| State | Queensland |
| Dates current | 1873–1888; 1950–present |
| MP | Curtis Pitt |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Mulgrave River |
| Electors | 30,754 (2015) |
| Area | 1,664 km2 (642.5 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns at its northern end to Innisfail at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the towns of Gordonvale and Babinda. The electorate was first created for the 1950 election.
There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town of Bundaberg and was replaced by the new electoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887.[1]
Members for Mulgrave
| First incarnation (1873–1888) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Walter Scott | Squatter conservative | 1873–1878 | |
| Thomas McIlwraith | Conservative leader | 1878–1886 | |
| Walter Adams | Unaligned | 1886–1888 | |
| Second incarnation (1950–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Robert Watson | Country | 1950–1953 | |
| Charles English | Labor | 1953–1957 | |
| Queensland Labor | 1957 | ||
| Robert Watson | Country | 1957–1959 | |
| Carlisle Wordsworth | Country | 1959–1960 | |
| Roy Armstrong | Country | 1960–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1980 | ||
| Max Menzel | National Country | 1980–1982 | |
| National | 1982–1989 | ||
| Warren Pitt | Labor | 1989–1995 | |
| Naomi Wilson | National | 1995–1998 | |
| Charles Rappolt | Pauline Hanson's One Nation | 1998 | |
| Warren Pitt | Labor | 1998–2009 | |
| Curtis Pitt | Labor | 2009–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Curtis Pitt | 13,605 | 51.05 | +16.55 | |
| Liberal National | Robyn Quick | 8,334 | 31.27 | −0.73 | |
| Palmer United | Christian Wolff | 2,821 | 10.59 | +10.59 | |
| Greens | Henry Boer | 1,021 | 3.83 | +0.28 | |
| Independent | Damian Byrnes | 867 | 3.25 | +3.25 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,648 | 97.73 | −0.40 | ||
| Informal votes | 618 | 2.27 | +0.40 | ||
| Turnout | 27,266 | 88.66 | −1.71 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Curtis Pitt | 15,516 | 62.76 | +11.62 | |
| Liberal National | Robyn Quick | 9,205 | 37.24 | −11.62 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +11.62 | |||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2015 State General Election - Mulgrave - District Summary, ECQ.
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
