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Division of Maranoa

Australian federal electoral division

Summary

Australian federal electoral division

Field	Value
federal	yes
name	Maranoa
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
created	1901
mp	David Littleproud
mp-party	National
namesake	Maranoa River
electors	115570
electors_year	2025
area	729897
class	Rural
near-n	Kennedy
near-ne	Capricornia, Flynn
near-e	Wide Bay, Maranoa, Groom
near-se	Wright
near-s	Parkes (NSW), New England (NSW), Page (NSW)
near-sw	Grey (SA)
near-w	Lingiari (NT)
near-nw	Kennedy

The Division of Maranoa is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland.

Maranoa extends across the Southern Outback and is the largest electorate in Queensland and the fifth largest federal electorate in Australia, being three times the size of Victoria. Maranoa is noted for its strong conservatism; in the 2016, 2019 and 2025 federal elections, Pauline Hanson's One Nation finished ahead of Labor on preference count, reaching a peak in 2016 with 17.82% of the primary vote.

Maranoa is a stronghold for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The current MP is David Littleproud, former Minister of Agriculture and current leader of the National Party.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

The [[Maranoa River]], the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named after the Maranoa River, which runs through the division. Located in the mostly rural southwestern portion of the state, towns located in Maranoa include Charleville, Cunnamulla, Dalby, Roma, Kingaroy, Stanthorpe, Winton and Warwick.

Maranoa is a comfortably safe seat for The Nationals; it was the first Queensland seat won by that party. Originally a safe Labor seat, it has been in National hands for all but three years since a 1921 by-election, and without interruption since 1943. Maranoa was taken by the then-Country Party in 1943 despite a landslide Labor victory nationally—one of only seven seats won by the Country Party. At the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, One Nation overtook Labor for second place after preferences were distributed.

Presently, Maranoa is the Coalition's safest seat; Littleproud sits on a majority of 25 percent against Labor or 22 percent against One Nation. As of 2022 this is the only Federal seat won by the government from Labor in a by-election in over 100 years.

The seat was nicknamed the 'Kingdom of Maranoa' by John Howard after it returned the highest 'No' vote in the 1999 referendum on Australia becoming a republic. The seat's then MP, Bruce Scott, put the result down to the electorate being "well informed". 24 years later, in the Indigenous Voice referendum, the seat would again return the highest 'No' vote against the proposition; earning it the new nickname 'The No Capital of Australia'.

Members

Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		[[File:James Page (Australia).jpg	100px]]	Jim Page
(1861–1921)	Labor	nowrap	30 March 1901 –
3 June 1921
		[[File:James Hunter.jpg	100px]]	James Hunter
(1882–1968)	Country	nowrap	30 July 1921 –
27 August 1940
		[[File:Francis Patrick Baker.jpg	100px]]	Frank Baker
(1873–1959)	Labor	nowrap	21 September 1940 –
21 August 1943
		[[File:Charles Adermann.jpg	100px]]	Charles Adermann
(1896–1979)	Country	nowrap	21 August 1943 –
10 December 1949
		[[File:Charles_Russell.png	100px]]	Charles Russell
(1907–1977)	nowrap	10 December 1949 –
7 October 1950	Previously held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Dalby. Lost seat
		nowrap	Independent	nowrap	7 October 1950 –
28 April 1951
		[[File:WilfredBrimblecombe1962.jpg	100px]]	Wilfred Brimblecombe
(1898–1973)	Country	nowrap	28 April 1951 –
31 October 1966
		[[File:James Corbett 1974 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	James Corbett
(1908–2005)	nowrap	26 November 1966 –
2 May 1975	Retired
		National Country	nowrap	2 May 1975 –
19 September 1980
		[[File:Nationals Placeholder.png	100px]]	Ian Cameron
(1938–)	nowrap	18 October 1980 –
16 October 1982	Retired
		Nationals	nowrap	16 October 1982 –
19 February 1990
		[[File:Bruce Scott.jpg	100px]]	Bruce Scott
(1943–)	nowrap	24 March 1990 –
9 May 2016	Served as minister under Howard. Served as Deputy Speaker under Gillard, Rudd, Abbott and Turnbull. Retired
		[[File:David Littleproud.jpg	100px]]	David Littleproud
(1976–)	nowrap	2 July 2016 –
present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent. Currently the leader of the National Party

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Maranoa

Notes

References

Wikipedia Source

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