Division of Wide Bay

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Wide Bay
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1901
MP: Warren Truss
Party: National
Namesake: Wide Bay, Queensland
Electors: 88,946
Area: 12,428 km² (4,798.5 sq mi)
Demographic: Rural

The Division of Wide Bay 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. Wide Bay is located in south east Queensland, and includes the cities of Maryborough, Hervey Bay, Noosa, Fraser Island itself, and inland areas extending north to Biloela. The division covers an area of 53826 square kilometres in 2005.

Representatives have included Andrew Fisher, the fifth Prime Minister of Australia.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Andrew Fisher Labor 1901—1915
  Edward Corser Commonwealth Liberal 1915—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1928
  Bernard Corser Country 1928—1954
  William Brand Country 1954—1958
  Henry Bandidt Country 1958—1961
  Brendan Hansen Labor 1961—1974
  Clarence Millar Country, National 1974—1990
  Warren Truss National 1990—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Warren Truss 39,177 48.59 +20.76
Labor Tony Lawrence 24,758 30.70 +5.19
Greens Katherine Webb 6,615 8.20 +1.19
Independent Cate Molloy 5,576 6.92 +6.92
Family First John Chapman 2,792 3.46 -0.13
One Nation Martin Essenberg 996 1.24 -2.90
Democrats Terry Shaw 719 0.89 -0.85
Total formal votes 80,633 96.02 +0.95
Informal votes 3,343 3.98 -0.95
Turnout 83,976 94.41 -0.55
Two Candidate Preferred Result
National Warren Truss 47,149 58.47 -3.74
Labor Tony Lawrence 33,484 41.53 +3.74
National hold Swing -3.74
Australian federal election, 2004: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Warren Truss 38,544 47.08 +13.51
Labor Sean Ambrose 21,031 25.69 -0.97
Independent Lars Hedberg 9,980 12.19 +12.19
One Nation Wesley Charles Robinson 4,048 4.94 -6.21
Greens Ian Richards 3,624 4.43 +2.32
Family First Glen Wilson 2,899 3.54 +3.54
Democrats Darryl William Weir 935 1.14 -1.04
Independent Cy D'Oliviera 816 1.00 +1.00
Total formal votes 81,877 95.22 +0.44
Informal votes 4,112 4.78 -0.44
Turnout 85,989 94.63 -0.16
Two Candidate Preferred Result
National Warren Truss 51,489 62.89 +2.99
Labor Sean Ambrose 30,388 37.11 -2.99
National hold Swing +2.99
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