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Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| federal | state = qld | |
| upper | image = ECQ-2017-Final-Mulgrave.pdf | |
| caption | Electoral map of Mulgrave 2017 | |
| lifespan | 1873–1888; 1950–present | |
| mp | Terry James | |
| mp-party | Liberal National | |
| namesake | Mulgrave River | |
| electors | 35635 | |
| electors_year | 2020 | |
| area | 819 | |
| class | Provincial and rural | |
| coordinates | ||
| near-n | Cairns | |
| near-ne | Coral Sea | |
| near-e | Coral Sea | |
| near-se | Hill | |
| near-s | Hill | |
| near-sw | Hill | |
| near-w | Cook | |
| near-nw | Barron River |
|mp-party = Liberal National | near-n = Cairns | near-ne = Coral Sea | near-e = Coral Sea | near-se = Hill | near-s = Hill | near-sw = Hill | near-w = Cook | near-nw = Barron River
Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns to Deer at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the town of Gordonvale. The electorate was first created for the 1950 election.
There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town of Bundaberg and was replaced by the new electoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887.
Members for Mulgrave
| First incarnation (1873–1888) | Member | Party | Term | Second incarnation (1950–present) | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Scott | Squatter conservative | 1873–1878 | ||||||
| Thomas McIlwraith | Conservative leader | 1878–1886 | ||||||
| Walter Adams | Unaligned | 1886–1888 | ||||||
| Bob Watson | Country | 1950–1953 | ||||||
| Charles English | Labor | 1953–1957 | ||||||
| Queensland Labor | 1957 | |||||||
| Bob Watson | Country | 1957–1959 | ||||||
| Carlisle Wordsworth | Country | 1959–1960 | ||||||
| Roy Armstrong | Country | 1960–1974 | ||||||
| National | 1974–1980 | |||||||
| Max Menzel | National | 1980–1989 | ||||||
| Warren Pitt | Labor | 1989–1995 | ||||||
| Naomi Wilson | National | 1995–1998 | ||||||
| Charles Rappolt | One Nation | 1998 | ||||||
| Warren Pitt | Labor | 1998–2009 | ||||||
| Curtis Pitt | Labor | 2009–2024 | ||||||
| Terry James | Liberal National | 2024–present |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mulgrave (Queensland)
References
References
- {{Cite QldElectorate
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