Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

Mulgrave
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Mulgrave; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Electoral map of Mulgrave 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1873–1888; 1950–present
MP	Curtis Pitt
Party	Labor
Namesake	Mulgrave River
Electors	35,635 (2020)
Area	819 km2 (316.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Coordinates	17°13′S 145°51′E / 17.217°S 145.850°E
	Electorates around Mulgrave:

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 at its northern end to Innisfail at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the towns of Gordonvale and Babinda. 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.^[1]

In 2017 a chunk of the electoral district split from Mulgrave, this area includes Innisfail, Tully and Babinda districts.

Members for Mulgrave edit

First incarnation (1873–1888)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Scott	Squatter conservative	1873–1878
	Thomas McIlwraith	Conservative leader	1878–1886
	Walter Adams	Unaligned	1886–1888
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bob Watson	Country	1950–1953
	Charles English	Labor	1953–1957
	Charles English	Queensland Labor	1957
	Bob Watson	Country	1957–1959
	Carlisle Wordsworth	Country	1959–1960
	Roy Armstrong	Country	1960–1974
	Roy Armstrong	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–present

Election results edit

2020 Queensland state election: Mulgrave^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	14,254	49.86	+1.76
	Liberal National	Gerry Vallianos	7,341	25.68	+2.87
	Katter's Australian	Attila Feher-Holan	3,395	11.88	+11.88
	One Nation	Francis Bartorillo	1,825	6.38	−15.96
	Greens	Sue Cory	1,772	6.20	−0.54
Total formal votes			28,587	95.79	+0.68
Informal votes			1,256	4.21	−0.68
Turnout			29,843	83.75	−1.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	17,793	62.24	+1.32
	Liberal National	Gerry Vallianos	10,794	37.76	−1.32
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.32

References edit

^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ 2020 State General Election – Mulgrave – District Summary, ECQ.

External links edit

Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] 2020 State General Election – Mulgrave – District Summary, ECQ.

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