Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

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Mulgrave
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Mulgrave.pdf
Electoral map of Mulgrave 2017
State Queensland
Dates current1873–1888; 1950–present
MP Curtis Pitt
Party Labor
Namesake Mulgrave River
Electors 35,635 (2020)
Area819 km2 (316.2 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Coordinates 17°13′S145°51′E / 17.217°S 145.850°E / -17.217; 145.850
Electorates around Mulgrave:
Barron River Cairns Coral Sea
Cook Mulgrave Coral Sea
Hill Hill Hill
Electoral map of Mulgrave 2008 QLD - Mulgrave 2008.png
Electoral map of Mulgrave 2008

Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

Contents

The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns to Deer at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the town of Gordonvale. The electorate was first created for the 1950 election.

There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town of Bundaberg and was replaced by the new electoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887. [1]

Members for Mulgrave

First incarnation (1873–1888)
MemberPartyTerm
  Walter Scott Squatter conservative1873–1878
  Thomas McIlwraith Conservative leader1878–1886
  Walter Adams Unaligned1886–1888
Second incarnation (1950–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Bob Watson Country 1950–1953
  Charles English Labor 1953–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Bob Watson Country 1957–1959
  Carlisle Wordsworth Country 1959–1960
  Roy Armstrong Country 1960–1974
  National 1974–1980
  Max Menzel National 1980–1989
  Warren Pitt Labor 1989–1995
  Naomi Wilson National 1995–1998
  Charles Rappolt One Nation 1998
  Warren Pitt Labor 1998–2009
  Curtis Pitt Labor 2009–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Mulgrave.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Mulgrave [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Curtis Pitt 14,25449.86+1.76
Liberal National Gerry Vallianos7,34125.68+2.87
Katter's Australian Attila Feher-Holan3,39511.88+11.88
One Nation Francis Bartorillo1,8256.38−15.96
Greens Sue Cory1,7726.20−0.54
Total formal votes28,58795.79+0.68
Informal votes1,2564.21−0.68
Turnout 29,84383.75−1.00
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Curtis Pitt 17,79362.24+1.32
Liberal National Gerry Vallianos10,79437.76−1.32
Labor hold Swing +1.32

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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. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Mulgrave – District Summary, ECQ.
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