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The Australian state of Queensland is divided into 30 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland won 21 seats, the Australian Labor Party won 5 seats, the Greens won 3 seats, Katter's Australian Party won 1 seat. [1]
The Electoral Districts Act (1872) resulted in 42 one-member electorates for the 1873 election, while in 1875 the Cook District Representation Act added the Electoral district of Cook. [1] [2] Four electorates were renamed: Hamlet of Fortitude Valley became Fortitude Valley; Town of Brisbane became Brisbane City; Town of Ipswich became Ipswich
The city of Brisbane, the division's namesake (pictured August 2012) The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named after the city of Brisbane. It was in Labor hands for all but five years from 1931 to 2010, and for most of that time was a marginal Labor seat.
2008 map. Cairns is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia. [1] The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland. Major locations include Bungalow, Manoora, Kanimbla, Earlville and Woree.
The division was created in 1984 and is named after Dame Annabelle Rankin, the first Queensland woman elected to the Senate. In its original form, Rankin covered the Gold Coast hinterland including Lamington National Park and the major town of Beaudesert as well as some outer metropolitan areas of Brisbane.
McPherson Range, a region in Queensland from which the division takes its name. The division was created in 1948 and is named after the McPherson Range, which forms one of the divisional boundaries. McPherson is located in south-east Queensland, and originally included the entire Gold Coast region, stretching as far as the Scenic Rim and ...
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David Bowman, the division's namesake. The division was created in 1949 and is named for David Bowman, an early leader of the Australian Labor Party, in Queensland.The seat consists of the entirety of Redland City, located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, and includes the suburbs of Capalaba, Cleveland, Redland Bay, Birkdale, Thorneside, Alexandra Hills, Thornlands, Mount Cotton, Ormiston ...