| Traeger Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Traeger, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Robbie Katter | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Katter's Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Alfred Traeger | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 26,386 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 428,911 km2 (165,603.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Remote and rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°49′57″S142°38′52″E / 19.8326°S 142.6477°E /-19.8326; 142.6477 | ||||||||||||||
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Traeger is anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofQueensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was named afterAlfred Traeger, inventor of the pedal-powered radio, which was a significant contribution to people living in remote and rural communities in Queensland, such as those within Traeger.[1]
It takes in most of the urbanised portions of the abolished districts ofMount Isa andDalrymple. It includes the local government areas ofBurke,Doomadgee,Carpentaria,Croydon,Etheridge,Charters Towers,Mount Isa,Cloncurry,McKinlay,Richmond andFlinders.[1]
From results of theprevious 2015 election, Traeger was estimated to be a safe seat for theKatter's Australian Party with a margin of 16.1%.[2]
Robbie Katter, the last member for Mount Isa and the Queensland leader of Katter's Australian Party, opted to follow most of his constituents into Traeger. He won the seat with an increased majority.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Robbie Katter | Katter's Australian | 2017–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Katter's Australian | Robbie Katter | 9,831 | 49.32 | −9.48 | |
| Liberal National | Yvonne Tunney | 5,039 | 25.28 | +9.18 | |
| Labor | Georgia Heath | 3,024 | 15.17 | −5.43 | |
| One Nation | Peter Rawle | 1,349 | 6.77 | +6.77 | |
| Greens | Louise Raynaud | 689 | 3.46 | +1.26 | |
| Total formal votes | 19,932 | 96.61 | −0.39 | ||
| Informal votes | 700 | 3.39 | +0.39 | ||
| Turnout | 20,632 | 74.49 | −5.48 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Katter's Australian | Robbie Katter | 12,703 | 63.73 | N/A | |
| Liberal National | Yvonne Tunney | 7,229 | 36.27 | N/A | |
| Katter's Australianhold | Swing | N/A | |||