Electoral district of Traeger

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Traeger
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Traeger, 2017.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Traeger, 2017
State Queensland
Dates current2017–present
MP Robbie Katter
Party Katter's Australian
Namesake Alfred Traeger
Electors 26,386 (2020)
Area428,911 km2 (165,603.5 sq mi)
DemographicRemote and rural
Coordinates 19°49′57″S142°38′52″E / 19.8326°S 142.6477°E / -19.8326; 142.6477
Electorates around Traeger:
Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Carpentaria Cook
Hill
Northern Territory Traeger Hinchinbrook
Thuringowa
Northern Territory Gregory Burdekin

Traeger is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was named after Alfred Traeger, inventor of the pedal-powered radio, which was a significant contribution to people living in remote and rural communities in Queensland, such as those within Traeger. [1]

Contents

It takes in most of the urbanised portions of the abolished districts of Mount Isa and Dalrymple. It includes the local government areas of Burke, Doomadgee, Carpentaria, Croydon, Etheridge, Charters Towers, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, McKinlay, Richmond and Flinders. [1]

From results of the previous 2015 election, Traeger was estimated to be a safe seat for the Katter's Australian Party with a margin of 16.1%. [2]

Robbie Katter, the last member for Mount Isa and the Queensland leader of Katter's Australian Party, opted to follow most of his constituents into Traeger. He won the seat with an increased majority.

Members for Traeger

MemberPartyTerm
  Robbie Katter Katter's Australian 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Traeger.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Traeger [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Katter's Australian Robbie Katter 12,04758.85−7.37
Labor James Bambrick4,21920.61+4.02
Liberal National Marnie Smith3,28416.04+5.99
Greens Kristian Horvath4602.25+0.10
Independent Craig Scriven2771.35−0.31
United Australia Phillip Collins1820.89+0.89
Total formal votes20,46997.00+0.95
Informal votes6333.00−0.95
Turnout 21,10279.97−2.07
Notional two-party-preferred count [lower-alpha 1]
Liberal National Marnie Smith51.20
Labor James Bambrick48.80
Two-candidate-preferred result
Katter's Australian Robbie Katter 15,29574.72−3.77
Labor James Bambrick5,17425.28+3.77
Katter's Australian hold Swing −3.77

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References

  1. 1 2 Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette . p. 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Traeger – District Summary, ECQ.
  4. ↑ https://antonygreen.com.au/analysis-of-the-2020-queensland-election-result/

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green. [4]
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