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The Australian state of Queensland is divided into 30 electoral divisions for the purposes of electing the Australian House of Representatives. At the 2022 federal election, the Liberal National Party of Queensland won 21 seats, the Australian Labor Party won 5 seats, the Greens won 3 seats, Katter's Australian Party won 1 seat. [1]
The Electoral Districts Act (1872) resulted in 42 one-member electorates for the 1873 election, while in 1875 the Cook District Representation Act added the Electoral district of Cook. [1] [2] Four electorates were renamed: Hamlet of Fortitude Valley became Fortitude Valley; Town of Brisbane became Brisbane City; Town of Ipswich became Ipswich
This is a list of electoral division results for the 2019 Australian federal election in the state of Queensland. [1] This election was held using instant-runoff voting. At this election, there were three "turn-overs" in Queensland. Labor won the seats of Griffith, Lilley and Moreton despite the LNP finishing first.
Queensland is a conservative state federally (despite having an incumbent Labor government) and Labor has only won Queensland's two-party-preferred vote in three of the 21 federal elections since 1949: 1951, 1990 and 2007. [31] In 2007, the Labor Party had a leader from Queensland, Kevin Rudd. Labor did, however, increase both its first ...
2024 Queensland state election: Algester [4]; Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor: Leeanne Enoch: 15,463 45.81 −13.11 Liberal National: Jitendra Prasad 10,871 32.21
2024 Queensland local elections: Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council [34] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent: Anthony Munns (elected) 223 16.02 +16.02 Independent: Howard Booth (elected) 132 9.48 +9.48 Independent: Wagwan Savage (elected) 131 9.41 −0.83 Independent: Stewart Smith (elected) 130 9.34 +9.34 Independent: Adrian Williams 118 ...
Queensland has compulsory voting and uses full-preference preferential voting for single-member electorates. The election is conducted by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. The party or coalition that wins the majority of seats (at least 47) forms the government.
Ruth Fairfax, the division's namesake. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association.It is located in the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Coolum, Yaroomba, Marcoola, Mudjimba, Maroochydore, Buderim, Woombye, Bli Bli, Yandina, Nambour, Mapleton, Kenilworth and Eumundi.