Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

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	33,446 (2017)
Area	2,923 km^2 (1,128.6 sq mi)
Coordinates	17°13′S 145°51′E
Electorates around Mulgrave: Barron River Cairns Coral Sea Cook Mulgrave Coral Sea Hill Hill Hill

Electoral map of Mulgrave 2008

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

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
		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–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

2017 Queensland state election: Mulgrave[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	13,256	48.1	−2.8
	Liberal National	Karina Samperi	6,287	22.8	−8.6
	One Nation	Sue Bertuch	6,158	22.3	+22.3
	Greens	Carmel Murray	1,857	6.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			27,558	95.1	−2.6
Informal votes			1,416	4.9	+2.6
Turnout			28,974	84.7	−0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	16,789	60.9	−2.0
	Liberal National	Karina Samperi	10,769	39.1	+2.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.0

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
2. 2017 State General Election - Mulgrave - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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