| Cairns Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Cairns, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Michael Healy | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Cairns | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 36,789 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°56′S145°45′E / 16.933°S 145.750°E /-16.933; 145.750 | ||||||||||||||
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Cairns is an electoral district in theLegislative Assembly of Queensland in the state ofQueensland, Australia.[1]
The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs ofCairns, inFar North Queensland. Major locations includeBungalow,Manoora,Kanimbla,Earlville andWoree.
Created in 1888, Cairns has historically tended to be a safeLabor seat with ablue-collar economy based on sugar, mining and railways. However, in recent decades such industry has been surpassed in importance by tourism and service industries for wealthier retirees and has grown increasingly marginal.
This trend culminated in2012, whenGavin King took the seat for theLNP on a massive swing of over 13 percent, becoming the first conservative to hold the seat since 1904. The seat reverted to its Labor ways in2015, whenRob Pyne defeated King on a swing slightly larger than the one King picked up three years earlier. Pyne quit the party to become an independent in 2016. He was defeated by Labor's Michael Healy in 2017.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Wimble | Liberal | 1888–1890 | |
| Opposition | 1890–1893 | ||
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | Ministerial | 1893–1896 | |
| Isidor Lissner | Ministerial | 1896–1899 | |
| Thomas Givens | Labour | 1899–1902 | |
| James Lyons | Conservative | 1902–1904 | |
| John Mann | Labour | 1904–1907 | |
| Kidstonites | 1907–1909 | ||
| Independent Opposition | 1909–1912 | ||
| William McCormack | Labor | 1912–1930 | |
| John O'Keefe | Labor | 1930–1942 | |
| Lou Barnes | Independent Labor | 1942–1947 | |
| Thomas Crowley | Labor | 1947–1956 | |
| Watty Wallace | Labor | 1956–1964 | |
| Ray Jones | Labor | 1965–1983 | |
| Keith De Lacy | Labor | 1983–1998 | |
| Desley Boyle | Labor | 1998–2012 | |
| Gavin King | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Rob Pyne | Labor | 2015–2016 | |
| Independent | 2016–2017 | ||
| Michael Healy | Labor | 2017–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Michael Healy | 10,900 | 36.07 | −8.13 | |
| Liberal National | Yolonde Entsch | 9,796 | 32.41 | −4.07 | |
| One Nation | Geena Court | 5,099 | 16.87 | +10.94 | |
| Greens | Josh Holt | 3,390 | 11.22 | +1.40 | |
| Independent | Shane Cuthbert | 1,037 | 3.43 | +3.43 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,222 | 95.97 | −0.49 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,268 | 4.03 | +0.49 | ||
| Turnout | 31,490 | 79.74 | −1.40 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Michael Healy | 15,860 | 52.48 | −3.11 | |
| Liberal National | Yolonde Entsch | 14,362 | 47.52 | +3.11 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | −3.11 | |||