Electoral district of Gympie

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Gympie
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Gympie, 2017.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Gympie, 2017
State Queensland
Dates current1873–1950; 1960–present
MP Tony Perrett
Party Liberal National
Namesake Gympie
Electors 39,141 (2020)
Area4,628 km2 (1,786.9 sq mi)
Coordinates 26°12′S152°47′E / 26.200°S 152.783°E / -26.200; 152.783 Coordinates: 26°12′S152°47′E / 26.200°S 152.783°E / -26.200; 152.783
Electorates around Gympie:
Maryborough Maryborough Coral Sea
Nanango Gympie Noosa
Nanango Glass House Nicklin
2008 map. QLD - Gympie 2008.png
2008 map.

Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona. [1]

Contents

The seat is currently held by Tony Perrett of the Liberal National Party.

The district's most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who later became Prime Minister of Australia.

Members for Gympie

Single member electorate (1873–1888)
MemberPartyTerm
  Robert Lord Unaligned1873–1877
  James Kidgell Unaligned1877–1878
  John Hamilton McIlwraith conservative1878–1883
  William Smyth Unaligned1883–1888
Dual member electorate (1888–1912)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
 William SmythUnaligned1888–1899  Matthew Mellor Unaligned1888–1893
  Andrew Fisher Labour 1893–1896
  Jacob Stumm Ministerialist1896–1899
  George Ryland Labour 1899–1912  Andrew Fisher Labour 1899–1901
  Daniel Mulcahy Labour 1901–1912
Single member electorate (1912–1950)
MemberPartyTerm
  George Mackay Ministerialist1912–1915
  Thomas Dunstan Labor 1915–1929
  Vivian Tozer Country and Progressive National 1929–1935
  Thomas Dunstan Labor 1935–1950
Single member electorate (1960–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Max Hodges Country 1960–1974
  National 1974–1979
  Len Stephan National 1979–2001
  Elisa Roberts One Nation 2001–2002
  Independent 2002–2006
  David Gibson National 2006–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2015
  Tony Perrett Liberal National 2015–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Gympie.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Gympie [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Tony Perrett 14,07142.42+5.18
Labor Geoff Williams9,50128.64+6.26
One Nation Michael Blaxland4,17212.58−17.15
Greens Lauren Granger-Brown2,0606.21+0.52
Independent Tim Jerome1,7095.15+5.15
Independent Donna Reardon6361.92−3.04
Informed Medical Options Nicholas Fairbairn5661.71+1.71
Independent Roland Maertens4571.38+1.38
Total formal votes33,17295.19−0.61
Informal votes1,6764.81+0.61
Turnout 34,84889.03−0.69
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Tony Perrett 19,40258.49−0.19
Labor Geoff Williams13,77041.51+41.51
Liberal National hold 

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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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Gympie – District Summary, ECQ.
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