Surf Wiki
Save to docs
general/former-electoral-districts-of-queensland

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Electoral district of Belyando

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Summary

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

FieldValue
nameBelyando
stateqld
lifespan1949-1960, 1971-1977
namesakeBelyando River
coordinates

| mp-party = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = Belyando was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland in 2 incarnations from 1950 to 1977.

It was first created in the 1949 redistribution preceding the 1950 election, covering the central Queensland area around the Shire of Belyando. It was abolished in the redistribution preceding the 1960 election, its territory taken up by the district of Barcoo expanding eastward.

It was revived again in the 1971 redistribution, and was renamed Peak Downs from the 1977 election onwards.

It is pronounced Bel-yando.

Members for Belyando

First incarnation (1950–1960)MemberPartyTermSecond incarnation (1972–1977)
Tom FoleyLabor1950–1957
Queensland Labor1957–1960
Eugene O'DonnellLabor1972–1974
Vince LesterNational1974–1977

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Belyando

References

References

  1. {{Cite QldElectorate
  2. "Representatives of Queensland state electorates 1860–2009". Queensland Parliamentary Library.
  3. "The history of names: Mackay district".
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

former-electoral-districts-of-queensland
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Electoral district of Belyando — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report