Electoral district of Leichhardt (Queensland)

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Leichhardt
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State Queensland
Dates current1860–1932
Namesake Ludwig Leichhardt

Leichhardt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 1932. [1]

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Taking in areas of central Queensland west of the Great Dividing Range, the district in its original form stretched as far as Mackay in the north and as far south as Taroom. Originally a dual member constituency, it was one of the sixteen districts contested at the first colonial election in 1860. It became a single member constituency in 1873 but reverted to being a dual member electorate in 1878. A single member constituency again in 1888, it remained that way thereafter. One of the district's first members was Robert Herbert, the first Premier of Queensland.

By the time of its abolition—at the 1932 state election—the district was based on Clermont and Springsure. Its territory was split between the pre-existing districts of Barcoo and Normanby.

Members for Leichhardt

Dual member electorate (1860–1873)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Robert Herbert Unaligned1860–1863 
 		 Charles Royds Unaligned1860–1864
  Gordon Sandeman Unaligned1863–1870
  Edmund Royds Unaligned1864–1868
 Charles RoydsUnaligned1868–1872
  John Scott Unaligned1870–1873
 Edmund RoydsUnaligned1872–1873
Single member electorate (1873–1878)
MemberPartyTerm
 Edmund RoydsUnaligned1873–1875
  Charles Haly Unaligned1876–1878
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Charles Boydell Dutton, 1883
Dual member electorate (1878–1888)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  William Sheffield Paul Unaligned1878–1879 John ScottUnaligned1878–1888
  John MacFarlane Unaligned1879–1880
  Albrecht Feez Unaligned1880–1883
  Charles Dutton Unaligned1883–1888
Single member electorate (1888–1932)
MemberPartyTerm
 William Sheffield PaulUnaligned1888–1893
  Herbert Hardacre Labour 1893–1919
  Tom Foley Labor 1919–1932

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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 on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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