Electoral district of Rockhampton
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Rockhampton (2008—)
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| State | Queensland |
| Dates current | 1865–1960; 1972–present |
| MP | Bill Byrne |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Rockhampton |
| Electors | 32,261 (2015) |
| Area | 170 km2 (65.6 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many of its outlying developed areas, including the community of Gracemere.
History
In 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 Rockhampton was 30 January 1865 and the election was held on 1 February 1865.[1]
Members for Rockhampton
| First incarnation (1865–1960) | |
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| 1865–1878, 1 member | |
| Member | Term |
| Charles Fitzsimmons | 1865–1867 |
| Thomas Henry FitzGerald | 1867 |
| Archibald Archer | 1867–1869 |
| Henry Milford[1] | 1869–1870 |
| Alexander Fyfe | 1870–1873 |
| Charles Hardie Buzacott | 1873–1877 |
| John MacFarlane | 1877–1878 |
| 1878–1912, 2 members | |||||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| William Rea | 1878–1881 | Thomas Macdonald-Paterson | 1878–1883 | ||||
| John Ferguson | Griffith | 1881–1888 | William Higson | Griffith | 1883–1888 | ||
| Archibald Archer | Independent | 1888–1896 | William Pattison | Conservative | 1888–1893 | ||
| George Curtis | Independent | 1893–1902 | |||||
| William Kidston | Labour | 1896–1907 | |||||
| Kenneth Grant | Labour | 1902–1907 | |||||
| Kidston | 1907–1909 | Kidston | 1907–1909 | ||||
| Ministerialist | 1909–1911 | Ministerialist | 1909–1912 | ||||
| John Adamson | Labour | 1911–1912 | |||||
| 1912–1960, 1 member | ||||
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| Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
| John Adamson | Labor | 1912–1916 | ||
| Independent | 1916–1917 | |||
| Frank Forde | Labor | 1917–1922 | ||
| George Farrell | Labor | 1923–1929 | ||
| Thomas Dunlop | Independent | 1929–1932 | ||
| James Larcombe | Labor | 1932–1956 | retired | |
| Mick Gardner | Labor | 1956–1957 | ||
| Queensland Labor | 1957–1960 | |||
| Second incarnation (1972–present, 1 member) | |||
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| Member | Party | Term | |
| Keith Wright | Labor | 1972–1984 | |
| Paul Braddy | Labor | 1985–1995 | |
| Robert Schwarten | Labor | 1995–2012 | |
| Bill Byrne | Labor | 2012–present | |
- 1 Milford did not take his seat, resigned, and was defeated in the resulting by-election.
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Bill Byrne | 15,432 | 52.88 | +13.09 | |
| Liberal National | Bridie Luva | 8,869 | 30.39 | −1.37 | |
| Greens | Michelle Taylor | 1,863 | 6.38 | +2.93 | |
| Family First | Sally-Anne Vincent | 1,703 | 5.84 | +3.18 | |
| Independent | Anne Margaret O'Connor | 1,317 | 4.51 | +3.48 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,184 | 97.27 | +0.26 | ||
| Informal votes | 818 | 2.73 | −0.26 | ||
| Turnout | 30,002 | 91.76 | +0.03 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Bill Byrne | 17,301 | 63.87 | +9.92 | |
| Liberal National | Bridie Luva | 9,787 | 36.13 | −9.92 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9.92 | |||
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2015 State General Election - Rockhampton - District Summary, ECQ.
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
