Division of Wide Bay
For the former Queensland Legislative Assembly electorate, see Electoral district of Wide Bay.
| Wide Bay Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Division of Wide Bay (green) within Queensland | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Warren Truss |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Wide Bay, Queensland |
| Electors | 95,132 (2013) |
| Area | 14,573 km2 (5,626.7 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, who was the seat's first member. However, it has been a conservative seat for most of its history; only one other Labor member has ever won it. Warren Truss, the leader of the National Party and current Deputy Prime Minister of Australia has held the seat since the Australian federal election, 1990.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Fisher | Labor | 1901–1915 | |
| Edward Corser | Commonwealth Liberal | 1915–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1928 | ||
| 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, 2013: Wide Bay | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Warren Truss | 41,767 | 48.87 | −9.99 | |
| Labor | Lucy Stanton | 17,697 | 20.71 | −3.39 | |
| Palmer United | Stephen Anderson | 13,574 | 15.88 | +15.88 | |
| Greens | Joy Ringrose | 5,596 | 6.55 | −4.45 | |
| Katter's Australian | Gordon Dale | 5,022 | 5.88 | +5.88 | |
| Family First | John Chapman | 1,286 | 1.50 | −2.24 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Grace Dickins | 517 | 0.60 | +0.60 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,459 | 95.32 | +0.57 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,199 | 4.68 | −0.57 | ||
| Turnout | 89,658 | 94.25 | +1.35 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Warren Truss | 53,975 | 63.16 | −2.45 | |
| Labor | Lucy Stanton | 31,484 | 36.84 | +2.45 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −2.45 | |||
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