Division of Capricornia

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Capricornia
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1901
MP: Kirsten Livermore
Party: Labor
Namesake: Capricornia, Queensland
Electors: 92,707
Area: 92,889 km² (35,864.6 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the Division. It is located on the central Queensland coast and its centre has always been the city of Rockhampton. On its current boundaries it also includes the towns of Mt Morgan and Yeppoon.

The first election saw Alexander Paterson, with 51% of votes, narrowly elected over the ALP candidate Wallace Nelson. For most of its subsequent history it has been a fairly safe seat for the ALP.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Alexander Paterson Independent 1901—1903
  David Thomson Labor 1903—1906
  Edward Archer Anti-Socialist 1906—1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909—1910
  William Higgs Labor 1910—1920
  Independent 1920—1920
  Nationalist 1920—1922
  Frank Forde Labor 1922—1946
  Charles Davidson Liberal 1946—1949
  Henry Pearce Liberal 1949—1961
  George Gray Labor 1961—1967
  Doug Everingham Labor 1967—1975
  Colin Carige National 1975—1977
  Doug Everingham Labor 1977—1984
  Keith Wright Labor 1984—1992
  Independent 1992—1993
  Marjorie Henzell Labor 1993—1996
  Paul Marek National 1996—1998
  Kirsten Livermore Labor 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Capricornia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kirsten Livermore 47,508 55.84 +9.89
National Robert Mills 15,664 18.41 -10.99
Liberal Scott Kilpatrick 15,416 18.12 +6.96
Greens Paul Bambrick 2,481 2.92 +0.67
Independent Bob Oakes 1,859 2.19 +2.19
Family First Jon Eaton 1,508 1.77 -2.13
Democrats Anton Prange 422 0.50 -0.87
Citizens Electoral Council Bill Ingrey 222 0.26 -0.52
Total formal votes 85,080 96.64 +1.16
Informal votes 2,960 3.36 -1.16
Turnout 88,040 94.97 -0.79
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Kirsten Livermore 53,355 62.71 +8.70
National Robert Mills 31,725 37.29 -8.70
Labor hold Swing +8.70
Australian federal election, 2004: Capricornia
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kirsten Livermore 38,984 47.21 +0.07
National John Lever 22,719 27.51 +3.14
Liberal Di Kuntschik 10,938 13.25 -1.27
Family First Alan J Spackman 3,424 4.15 +4.15
One Nation Larry H Coleman 2,575 3.12 -4.81
Greens Michael Kane 1,690 2.05 +0.54
Democrats Naomi Johns 1,185 1.44 -0.47
HEMP Judy Canales 787 0.95 +0.95
Citizens Electoral Council Bill Ingrey 273 0.33 -0.52
Total formal votes 82,575 95.75 -0.10
Informal votes 3,664 4.25 +0.10
Turnout 86,239 94.74 -1.79
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Kirsten Livermore 45,531 55.14 -0.38
National John Lever 37,044 44.48 +0.38
Labor hold Swing -0.38
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