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Electoral district of Barcoo

Former state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Summary

Former state electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Field	Value
name	Barcoo
state	qld
created	1885
abolished	1972
namesake	Barcoo River
class	Rural
coordinates

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Barcoo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1885 to 1972.

It was created in 1885, by dividing the district of Mitchell, with Barcoo taking up its western area. It was named after the Barcoo River, and covered remote rural areas in Southwest Queensland.

Barcoo was mostly a safe seat for the Labor Party

The death of Frank Murphy created a by-election on 5 March 1892. A shearer, Tommy Ryan (not to be confused with Premier T. J. Ryan), became the first endorsed Labor candidate in Queensland, and won the seat against opponent William Henry Campbell, the editor and proprietor of the local newspaper, The Western Champion.

The seat was later held by the Premier, T. J. Ryan. Remarkably, his win in 1909 was the last time a member was elected for the seat at a general election. All subsequent members were the victors in by-elections.

The electorate was abolished in the redistribution preceding the 1972 state election.

Members for Barcoo

Party	Term
Frank Reid Murphy
	Tommy Ryan	Labour
	George Kerr	Ministerialist
	T. J. Ryan	Labor
	Frank Bulcock	Labor
	Ned Davis	Labor
	Eugene O'Donnell	Labor

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Barcoo

References

{{Cite QldElectorate
(9 November 1936). "FIRST LABOUR MEMBER.". National Library of Australia.

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