Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona.[1]
Gympie Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1873–1950; 1960–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Tony Perrett | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Gympie | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 39,141 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 4,628 km2 (1,786.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 26°12′S 152°47′E / 26.200°S 152.783°E | ||||||||||||||
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The seat is currently held by Tony Perrett of the Liberal National Party.
The district's most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who later became Prime Minister of Australia.
Single member electorate (1873–1888) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Robert Lord | Unaligned | 1873–1877 | |
James Kidgell | Unaligned | 1877–1878 | |
John Hamilton | McIlwraith conservative | 1878–1883 | |
William Smyth | Unaligned | 1883–1888 |
Dual member electorate (1888–1912) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
William Smyth | Unaligned | 1888–1899 | Matthew Mellor | Unaligned | 1888–1893 | ||
Andrew Fisher | Labour | 1893–1896 | |||||
Jacob Stumm | Ministerialist | 1896–1899 | |||||
George Ryland | Labour | 1899–1912 | Andrew Fisher | Labour | 1899–1901 | ||
Daniel Mulcahy | Labour | 1901–1912 |
Single member electorate (1912–1950) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
George Mackay | Ministerialist | 1912–1915 | |
Thomas Dunstan | Labor | 1915–1929 | |
Vivian Tozer | Country and Progressive National | 1929–1935 | |
Thomas Dunstan | Labor | 1935–1950 |
Single member electorate (1960–present) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Max Hodges | Country | 1960–1974 | |
National | 1974–1979 | ||
Len Stephan | National | 1979–2001 | |
Elisa Roberts | One Nation | 2001–2002 | |
Independent | 2002–2006 | ||
David Gibson | National | 2006–2008 | |
Liberal National | 2008–2015 | ||
Tony Perrett | Liberal National | 2015–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Tony Perrett | 14,071 | 42.42 | +5.18 | |
Labor | Geoff Williams | 9,501 | 28.64 | +6.26 | |
One Nation | Michael Blaxland | 4,172 | 12.58 | −17.15 | |
Greens | Lauren Granger-Brown | 2,060 | 6.21 | +0.52 | |
Independent | Tim Jerome | 1,709 | 5.15 | +5.15 | |
Independent | Donna Reardon | 636 | 1.92 | −3.04 | |
Informed Medical Options | Nicholas Fairbairn | 566 | 1.71 | +1.71 | |
Independent | Roland Maertens | 457 | 1.38 | +1.38 | |
Total formal votes | 33,172 | 95.19 | −0.61 | ||
Informal votes | 1,676 | 4.81 | +0.61 | ||
Turnout | 34,848 | 89.03 | −0.69 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Tony Perrett | 19,402 | 58.49 | −0.20 | |
Labor | Geoff Williams | 13,770 | 41.51 | +0.20 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −0.20 |