Electoral district of Rockhampton
| Rockhampton Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Rockhampton 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1865–1960; 1972–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Donna Kirkland | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Rockhampton | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 36,524 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 174 km2 (67.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 23°24′S 150°28′E / 23.400°S 150.467°E | ||||||||||||||
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Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many of its outlying developed areas, including the community of Gracemere.
History
[edit]In 1864, the Additional Members Act created six additional electoral districts, each returning 1 member:
- Clermont
- Kennedy
- Maryborough
- Mitchell
- Rockhampton
- Warrego
The first elections in these six electorates were held in 1865 (that is, during a parliamentary term and not as part of a general election across Queensland). The nomination date for the election in Rockhampton was 30 January 1865 and the election was held on 1 February 1865.[2]
Members for Rockhampton
[edit]| First incarnation (1865–1960) | |
|---|---|
| 1865–1878, 1 member | |
| Member | Term |
| Charles Fitzsimmons | 1865–1867 |
| Thomas Henry FitzGerald | 1867 |
| Archibald Archer | 1867–1869 |
| Henry Milford | 1869–1870 |
| Alexander Fyfe | 1870–1873 |
| Charles Hardie Buzacott | 1873–1877 |
| John MacFarlane | 1877–1878 |
| 1878–1912, 2 members | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| William Rea | 1878–1881 | Thomas Macdonald-Paterson | 1878–1883 | ||||
| John Ferguson | Griffith | 1881–1888 | William Higson | Griffith | 1883–1888 | ||
| Archibald Archer | Independent | 1888–1896 | William Pattison | Conservative | 1888–1893 | ||
| George Curtis | Independent | 1893–1902 | |||||
| William Kidston | Labour | 1896–1907 | |||||
| Kenneth Grant | Labour | 1902–1907 | |||||
| Kidstonites | 1907–1909 | Kidstonites | 1907–1909 | ||||
| Liberal | 1909–1911 | Liberal | 1909–1912 | ||||
| John Adamson | Labour | 1911–1912 | |||||
| 1912–1960, 1 member | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | ||
| John Adamson | Labor | 1912–1916 | ||
| Independent | 1916–1917 | |||
| Frank Forde | Labor | 1917–1922 | ||
| George Farrell | Labor | 1923–1929 | ||
| Thomas Dunlop | Independent | 1929–1932 | ||
| James Larcombe | Labor | 1932–1956 | ||
| Mick Gardner | Labor | 1956–1957 | ||
| Queensland Labor | 1957–1960 | |||
| Second incarnation (1972–present, 1 member) | ||||
| Member | Party | Term | ||
| Keith Wright | Labor | 1972–1984 | ||
| Paul Braddy | Labor | 1985–1995 | ||
| Robert Schwarten | Labor | 1995–2012 | ||
| Bill Byrne | Labor | 2012–2017 | ||
| Barry O'Rourke | Labor | 2017–2024 | ||
| Donna Kirkland | Liberal National | 2024–present | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Barry O'Rourke | 13,289 | 44.32 | +12.58 | |
| Liberal National | Tony Hopkins | 7,118 | 23.74 | +5.89 | |
| One Nation | Torin O'Brien | 3,714 | 12.39 | −9.00 | |
| Independent | Dominic Doblo | 2,042 | 6.81 | +6.81 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Laura Barnard | 1,189 | 3.97 | +3.97 | |
| Katter's Australian | Christian Shepherd | 1,151 | 3.84 | +3.84 | |
| Greens | Mick Jones | 1,025 | 3.42 | −2.07 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Yvette Saxon | 328 | 1.09 | +1.09 | |
| United Australia | Paul Crangle | 130 | 0.43 | +0.43 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,986 | 95.27 | −0.45 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,489 | 4.73 | +0.45 | ||
| Turnout | 31,475 | 86.18 | −2.78 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Barry O'Rourke | 17,579 | 58.62 | +0.60 | |
| Liberal National | Tony Hopkins | 12,407 | 41.38 | −0.60 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +0.60 | |||
 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Primary vote results in Rockhampton (Second Incarnation) (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
Labor
Liberal National
- Country/National
- Liberal
One Nation
Katter's Australian
City Country Alliance
Greens
Family First
Queensland Labor
Independent
| Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Rockhampton (Second Incarnation)
References
[edit]- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Local and General News". Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald and General Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 19 January 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Rockhampton – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ "Rockhampton - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.