Electoral district of Mirani

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Mirani
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Mirani.pdf
Electoral map of Mirani 2017
State Queensland
MP Stephen Andrew
Party Katter's Australian
Namesake Mirani
Electors 34,141 (2020)
Area63,290 km2 (24,436.4 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Coordinates 22°21′S149°13′E / 22.350°S 149.217°E / -22.350; 149.217
Electorates around Mirani:
Burdekin Whitsunday Mackay
Burdekin Mirani Coral Sea
Gregory Callide Keppel
Gladstone
Electoral map of Mirani 2008 QLD - Mirani 2008.png
Electoral map of Mirani 2008

Mirani is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is currently represented by Stephen Andrew of the Katter's Australian Party. [1]

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It covers much of the Queensland coast between the cities of Rockhampton and Mackay, as well as the hinterland west of Mackay. Towns include St Lawrence, Carmila, Sarina and Eungella. The district is named after the town of Mirani.

Mirani was historically a safely conservative seat, and was held by the Country Party and its successors the National Party and Liberal National Party from 1947 to 2015. A redistribution in 2008 made Mirani a notionally Labor held seat with a 1.2% margin, but veteran incumbent Ted Malone achieved a swing strong enough to retain this seat at the 2009 election. Malone retired at the 2015 state election, at which Jim Pearce, formerly Labor member for abolished Fitzroy from 1989 to 2009, became only the second Labor member ever to win Mirani.

Pearce was subsequently defeated at the 2017 election by Stephen Andrew, of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Andrew was disendorsed by One Nation ahead of the 2024 election and later left the party, choosing to sit as an independent before joining the Katter's Australian Party in September 2024.

Members for Mirani

MemberPartyTerm
  Edward Swayne Liberal 1912–1918
  National 1918–1920
  Northern Country 1920–1923
  Country 1923–1925
  CPNP 1925–1935
  Ted Walsh Labor 1935–1947
  Ernie Evans Country 1947–1965
  Tom Newbery Country 1965–1974
  National 1974–1980
  Jim Randell National 1980–1994
  Ted Malone National 1994–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2015
  Jim Pearce Labor 2015–2017
  Stephen Andrew One Nation 2017–2024
  Independent 2024
  Katter's Australian 2024–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Mirani.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Mirani [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Shane Hamilton9,41231.97−4.78
One Nation Stephen Andrew 9,32031.66−0.38
Liberal National Tracie Newitt8,12327.59+0.69
NQ First Jason Borg1,2004.08+4.08
Greens Ben Watkin7152.43−1.90
Civil Liberties & Motorists Nick Byram3421.16+1.16
United Australia Tepepe Borg3291.12+1.12
Total formal votes29,44196.25−0.29
Informal votes1,1463.75+0.29
Turnout 30,58789.59−1.54
Notional two-party-preferred count [lower-alpha 1]
Liberal National Tracie Newitt53.20
Labor Shane Hamilton46.80
Two-candidate-preferred result
One Nation Stephen Andrew 17,36358.98+4.16
Labor Shane Hamilton12,07841.02−4.16
One Nation hold Swing +4.16

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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 – Mirani – District Summary, ECQ.
  3. ↑ "Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result". 18 November 2020.

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green. [3]
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