| Mulgrave Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Mulgrave 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1873–1888; 1950–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Terry James | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mulgrave River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 35,635 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 819 km2 (316.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°13′S145°51′E / 17.217°S 145.850°E /-17.217; 145.850 | ||||||||||||||
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Mulgrave is anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofQueensland.
The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs ofCairns to Deer at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the town ofGordonvale. The electorate was first created for the1950 election.
There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town ofBundaberg and was replaced by the newelectoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887.[1]
| 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 | 2009–2024 | |
| Terry James | Liberal National | 2024–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Terry James | 8,369 | 27.44 | +1.74 | |
| Labor | Richie Bates | 7,384 | 24.21 | −25.59 | |
| Katter's Australian | Steven Lesina | 4,934 | 16.18 | +4.28 | |
| One Nation | Michael McInnes | 2,654 | 8.70 | +2.30 | |
| Independent | David Raymond | 2,056 | 6.74 | +6.74 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Nicholas Daniels | 1,804 | 5.92 | +5.92 | |
| Greens | Peter Everett | 1,289 | 4.23 | −1.97 | |
| Independent | Yodie Batzke | 1,044 | 3.42 | +3.42 | |
| Family First | Leslie Searle | 593 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Independent | Ian Floyd | 370 | 1.21 | +1.21 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,497 | 93.51 | |||
| Informal votes | 2,115 | 6.51 | |||
| Turnout | 32,612 | 81.75 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Terry James | 16,066 | 52.68 | +14.88 | |
| Labor | Richie Bates | 14,431 | 47.28 | −14.88 | |
| Liberal Nationalgain fromLabor | Swing | +14.88 | |||