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Electoral district of Townsville

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Electoral district of Townsville
Summary

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

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Electoral map of Townsville 2008

Townsville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland, and covers the Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and Palm Island.

Significant features in Townsville within the electorate are; The Strand, the Port of Townsville, Townsville Airport, RAAF Garbutt, Castle Hill, Museum of Tropical Queensland, Reef HQ, various administrative centres for Local, State and federal Governments. Suburbs of Townsville within the Electorate include; Townsville, North Ward, Castle Hill, Belgian Gardens, West End, Hyde Park, Garbutt, Mount Louisa, Currajong, Railway Estate, South Townsville, Rowes Bay, Bohle and Pallarenda. Two populated islands fall within the electorate; Magnetic Island and Palm Island, each have about 2500 residents, 93% of Palm Island's inhabitants are Indigenous.

This State electorate falls completely within the eastern portion of the Federal Division of Herbert. It encompasses the local government areas of Palm Island and parts of Townsville.

Townsville Electorate is bordered by the Hinchinbrook (North), Burdekin (South), Mundingburra (South and West) and Thuringowa (West) Electorates.

History

The Electoral district of Townsville was created in 1878, then the Additional Members Act of 1885 (which took effect late 1885 / early 1886) was divided in two, one retaining the name of Townsville, the other becoming Musgrave which existed until 1923. From late 1885 it was determined that the Townsville Electorate would elect two representatives to the Legislative Assembly.

Premier Robert Philp (Premier 1899–1903 and 1907–08) was elected as one of the two Townsville members when his previous Electorate of Musgrave absorbed. His parliamentary activity was mainly in support of North Queensland and his own business interests - extending railway links to North Queensland, and the abolition of import tariffs. When the import of Pacific Islanders was temporarily halted in 1892 Philp was instrumental in securing its resumption.

In 1912 the Electoral district of Mundingburra was created to accommodate for the return to universal single member electorates. 1923 saw the further reduction in size of the Electorate with the northern part of the city ceded to Kennedy and the southern part to Mundingburra, and in 1959 it was abolished and divided into the two electorates of Townsville South and Townsville North. The 1971 redistribution recreated the Electorate with new neighbours, Townsville West and Townsville South, Townsville included most of the Northern part of the City and some rural areas which were formerly in Hinchinbrook. The Electorate was reduced in size again in 1986 redistribution with a new neighbour of Townsville East. When Townsville East was abolished in 1991 Townsville Electorate gained land but lost land in the South-West corner to the newly re-created seat of Mundingburra.

In 1998 Mike Reyolds was elected as the new Member for the Townsville Electorate taking over from retiring Labor Member Ken Geoff Smith and was immediately appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier in North Queensland. After increasing the Townsville margin in 2001 Reynolds was promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Emergency Services and Minister Assisting the Premier in North Queensland. In 2004, Reynolds was moved to the new Child Safety Ministry with Ministerial responsibilities for adoptions, child protection services, foster/kinship carers etc.

After the 2006 election, Reynolds was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland by the 52nd Parliament on 10 October 2006.

Members for Townsville

First incarnation (1878–1885, 1 member)MemberPartyTermSecond incarnation (1885–1912, 2 members)MemberPartyTermThird incarnation (1912–1960, 1 member)MemberPartyTermFourth incarnation (1972–present, 1 member)MemberPartyTerm
John DeaneUnaligned1878–1879
John Murtagh MacrossanUnaligned1879–1885
John Murtagh MacrossanUnaligned1885–1891
William Villiers BrownUnaligned1885–1888
Robert PhilpOpposition/Ministerialist1888–1912
William Villiers BrownUnaligned1891–1893
George BurnsMinisterialist1893
Anthony OgdenLabour1894–1896
William CastlingMinisterialist1896–1899
Patrick HanranMinisterialist1899–1909
Thomas FoleyLabour1909–1912
Robert PhilpOpposition/Ministerialist1912–1915
Daniel RyanLabor1915–1920
William GreenNorthern Country1920–1923
Maurice HynesLabor1923–1939
George KeyattaLabor1939–1960
Norman Scott-YoungLiberal1972–1983
Ken McElligottLabor1983–1986
Tony BurreketNational1986–1989
Ken DaviesLabor1989–1992
Geoff SmithLabor1992–1998
Mike ReynoldsLabor1998–2009
Mandy JohnstoneLabor2009–2012
John HathawayLiberal National2012–2015
Scott StewartLabor2015–2024
Adam BaillieLiberal National2024–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Townsville

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References

References

  1. "ABC Electorate guide".
  2. "Team Beattie Electorate guide".
  3. "Magnetic Island".
  4. "Brisbane Institute - Lessons from Palm Island".
  5. "Dept of Communities - Community Renewal".
  6. "Electoral Commission of Queensland map of Electorate".
  7. {{Cite QldElectorate
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