Division of Wide Bay

Wide Bay
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division of Wide Bay (green) within Queensland
Created: 1900
MP: Warren Truss
Party: Liberal National
Namesake: Wide Bay, Queensland
Area: 14,573 km² (5,627 sq mi)
Demographic: Rural

The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division 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, Gympie, Noosa, all of Fraser Island, and inland areas extending west to Murgon.

Notable representatives have included three time Prime Minister Andrew Fisher and Warren Truss, the leader of the National Party since December 2007.

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
  Clarrie Millar Country, National 1974–1990
  Warren Truss National 1990–2010
  Liberal National 2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wide Bay
Australian federal election, 2010: Wide Bay
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Warren Truss 47,977 58.86 +10.25
Labor Nikolee Ansell 19,645 24.10 -6.87
Greens Jim McDonald 8,967 11.00 +2.96
Family First Ken Herschell 3,049 3.74 +0.29
One Nation Santo Ferraro 1,875 2.30 +1.09
Total formal votes 81,513 94.75 -1.25
Informal votes 4,519 5.25 +1.25
Turnout 86,032 92.87 -1.66
Two-candidate preferred result
Liberal National Warren Truss 53,484 65.61 +7.22
Labor Nikolee Ansell 28,029 34.39 -7.22
Liberal National hold Swing +7.22

References

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Abolished: Darling Downs · Oxley (1901-34)
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