Electoral district of Whitsunday

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Whitsunday
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Whitsunday.pdf
Electoral map of Whitsunday 2017
State Queensland
MP Amanda Camm
Party Liberal National
Namesake Whitsunday Island
Electors 34,824 (2020)
Area4,898 km2 (1,891.1 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates 20°35′S149°2′E / 20.583°S 149.033°E / -20.583; 149.033
Electorates around Whitsunday:
Burdekin Coral Sea Coral Sea
Burdekin Whitsunday Coral Sea
Mirani Mirani Mackay
Electoral map of Whitsunday 2008 QLD - Whitsunday 2008.png
Electoral map of Whitsunday 2008

Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Queensland, Australia. [1]

Contents

It extends from the northern suburbs of Mackay to Bowen and Proserpine as well as east to the Whitsunday Islands.

Members for Whitsunday

MemberParty affiliationPeriod
  Lloyd Roberts Country Party 1950–1961
  Ron Camm Country 1961–1974
  National 1974–1980
  Geoff Muntz National 1980–1989
  Independent 1989
  Lorraine Bird Labor 1989–1998
  Harry Black One Nation 1998–1999
  City Country Alliance 1999–2001
  Jan Jarratt Labor 2001–2012
  Jason Costigan Liberal National 2012–2019
  Independent 2019
  North Queensland First 2019–2020
  Amanda Camm Liberal National 2020–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Whitsunday.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Whitsunday [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Amanda Camm 9,59232.85+0.69
Labor Angie Kelly9,52332.61+1.45
One Nation Deb Lawson2,7429.39−10.66
NQ First Jason Costigan 2,7359.37+9.37
Katter's Australian Ciaron Paterson1,8036.17−2.98
Legalise Cannabis Paul Hilder1,4174.85+4.85
Greens Emma Barrett1,1343.88−1.84
United Australia Greg Armstrong2550.87+0.87
Total formal votes29,20196.33+0.36
Informal votes1,1143.67−0.36
Turnout 30,31587.05+0.73
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Amanda Camm 15,55253.26+2.58
Labor Angie Kelly13,64946.74−2.58
Liberal National hold Swing +2.58

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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 – Whitsunday – District Summary, ECQ.
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