Electoral district of Keppel

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Keppel
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Keppel.pdf
Electoral map of Keppel 2017
State Queensland
Dates current1912-1960; 1992-present
MP Brittany Lauga
Party Labor
Namesake Great Keppel Island
Electors 37,052 (2020)
Area3,763 km2 (1,452.9 sq mi)
Coordinates 22°55′S150°43′E / 22.917°S 150.717°E / -22.917; 150.717
Electorates around Keppel:
Mirani Coral Sea Coral Sea
Mirani Keppel Coral Sea
Rockhampton Mirani Gladstone
Electoral map of Keppel 2008 QLD - Keppel 2008.png
Electoral map of Keppel 2008

Keppel is an electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia. [1]

Contents

The electoral district encompasses the central Queensland coast from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south to Shoalwater Bay to the north. Major communities located within this electorate include Yeppoon, Emu Park, Byfield and the Rockhampton suburbs of Parkhurst and Lakes Creek.

Members for Keppel

First incarnation (1912–1960)
MemberPartyTerm
  James Larcombe Labor 1912–1929
  Owen Daniel CPNP 1929–1936
  David Daniel Country 1936–1944
  Walter Ingram Labor 1944–1952
  Viv Cooper Labor 1952–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Merv Thackeray Labor 1957–1960
Second incarnation (1992–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Vince Lester National 1992–2004
  Paul Hoolihan Labor 2004–2012
  Bruce Young Liberal National 2012–2015
  Brittany Lauga Labor 2015–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Keppel.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Keppel [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Brittany Lauga 14,96946.22+3.16
Liberal National Adrian de Groot9,57629.57+4.67
One Nation Wade Rothery 5,06915.65−9.80
Greens Clancy Mullbrick1,2913.99−2.61
Legalise Cannabis Jimmy Dockery8622.66+2.66
Informed Medical Options Paula Ganfield4301.33+1.33
United Australia Nikki Smeltz1920.59+0.59
Total formal votes32,38997.08+0.52
Informal votes9732.92−0.52
Turnout 33,36290.04−0.58
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brittany Lauga 18,01855.63+2.49
Liberal National Adrian de Groot14,37144.37+44.37
Labor hold 
Primary vote results in Keppel (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Labor
  National/Liberal National
  One Nation
  City Country Alliance
  Greens
  Family First
  Australian Democrats
  Katter's Australian
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Independent
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Keppel

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Keppel – District Summary, ECQ.
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