Electoral district of Maryborough (Queensland)

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

Maryborough Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Maryborough 2017
State	Queensland
Created	1865
MP	Bruce Saunders
Party	Labor
Namesake	Maryborough
Electors	38,267 (2020)
Area	4,705 km^2 (1,816.6 sq mi)
Coordinates	25°39′S 152°30′E
Electorates around Maryborough: Burnett Burnett Hervey Bay Callide Maryborough Hervey Bay Nanango Gympie Gympie

Electoral map of Maryborough 2008

The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough and takes in other surrounding communities.

History

In 1864, the Additional Members Act created six additional electoral districts, each returning 1 member:

• Clermont
• Kennedy
• Maryborough
• Mitchell
• Rockhampton
• Warrego

The first elections in these six electorates were held in 1865 (that is, during a parliamentary term and not as part of a general election across Queensland). The nomination date for the election in Maryborough was 30 January 1865 and the election was held on 1 February 1865.[1]

Between 1878 and 1912, the district elected two members, and then returned only a single member to the present time (2014).[2]

Members for Maryborough

The members for Maryborough were:[3]

Single member electorate (1865–1878 and 1912–present)
Member		Party	Term
	William Henry Walsh	Squatter conservative	1865–1873
	Berkeley Basil Moreton	Independent Liberal	1873–1875	Dual member electorate (1878–1912)
	John Douglas	Independent Liberal	1875–1880	Member 2		Party	Term
					Henry Edward King	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	Henry Palmer	McIlwraith conservative	1880–1883
	John Hurley	Unaligned	1883–1884		Richard Bingham Sheridan	Liberal Party	1883–1888
	John Annear	Ministerialist	1884–1902
					Richard Hyne	Unaligned	1888–1893
					Charles Powers	Opposition	1893–1896
					John Bartholomew	Ministerialist	1896–1902
	Charles Barton	Labor	1902–1902		John Norman	Labor	1902–1907
	Henry Garde	Ministerialist	1902–1904
	William Mitchell	Labor	1904–1909
					John Adamson	Labor	1907–1909
	Edward Corser	Ministerialist	1909–1915		Charles Booker	Ministerialist	1909–1912
	Alfred Jones	Labor	1915–1917
	David Weir	Labor	1917–1929
	John Blackley	Country and Progressive National	1929–1932
	James Stopford	Labor	1932–1936
	William Demaine	Labor	1937–1938
	David Farrell	Labor	1938–1953
	Horace Davies	Labor	1953–1971
	Gilbert Alison	Liberal	1971–1977
	Brendan Hansen	Labor	1977–1983
	Gilbert Alison	National	1983–1989
	Bob Dollin	Labor	1989–1998
	John Kingston	One Nation	1998–1999
		Independent	1999–2003
	Chris Foley	Independent	2003–2012
	Anne Maddern	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Bruce Saunders	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Maryborough[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bruce Saunders	17,751	53.27	+8.08
	Liberal National	Denis Chapman	8,763	26.30	+8.26
	One Nation	Sharon Lohse	4,392	13.18	−17.18
	Greens	Craig Armstrong	888	2.66	−0.84
	Legalise Cannabis	River Body	885	2.66	+2.66
	Informed Medical Options	Samantha Packer	452	1.36	+1.36
	United Australia	Alex Sokolov	194	0.58	+0.58
Total formal votes			33,325	96.26	+0.05
Informal votes			1,293	3.74	−0.05
Turnout			34,618	90.46	+0.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Bruce Saunders	20,624	61.89	+9.43
	Liberal National	Denis Chapman	12,701	38.11	+38.11
	Labor hold

References

1. "Local and General News". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 19 January 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
2. "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)
3. "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. 2020 State General Election – Maryborough – District Summary, ECQ.

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930–1980 w.an outline of Queensland electorates 1859–1980 / D.B. Waterson and John Arnold

External links

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