Electoral district of Bowen
Bowen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1950 and at various times until 1992.
History
The electoral district of Bowen was established by the 1872 Electoral Districts Act.[1]
During the First McIlwraith Ministry, the seat of Bowen was occupied by three Attorneys-General: Henry Beor, Pope Alexander Cooper and Charles E. Chubb. Upon Beor's death, Cooper, who was not at that time in Parliament, was appointed Attorney-General and contested and won the resulting by-election. When he resigned, Chubb entered parliament in the same manner.
Bowen is the only state or federal electorate in Australia to elect a Communist member, Fred Paterson, who served as member for Bowen from the 1944 election until the 1950 election.
In a 1949 redistribution, Bowen was abolished, being split between the new electoral districts of Burdekin and Whitsunday.[1] It has been suggested that the redistribution was done deliberately to split Paterson's electoral support and prevent him from being returned to parliament in the 1950 election.[2] Paterson contested Whitsunday but was unsuccessful.[3]
From 1963 until 1971, member Peter Delamothe also served as Attorney-General.
Today, the electoral districts of Whitsunday and Burdekin comprise parts of the former Electoral district of Bowen.
Members
| First incarnation (1873–1950) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Thomas Henry FitzGerald | 1873–1875 | ||
| Francis Amhurst | 1875–1877 | ||
| Henry Beor | Conservative | 1877–1880 | |
| Pope Alexander Cooper | Conservative | 1881–1883 | |
| Charles E. Chubb | Conservative | 1883–1888 | |
| Robert Smith | Conservative | 1888–1890 | |
| Ministerial | 1890–1902 | ||
| Francis Kenna | Labor | 1902–1907 | |
| Kidston | 1907–1909 | ||
| Myles Ferricks | Labor | 1909–1912 | |
| Edwin Caine | Ministerialist | 1912–1915 | |
| Charles Collins | Labor | 1915–1936 | |
| Ernest Riordan | Labor | 1936–1944 | |
| Fred Paterson | Communist | 1944–1950 | |
| Second incarnation (1960–1971) | |||
| Peter Delamothe | Liberal | 1960–1971 | |
| Third incarnation (1986–1992) | |||
| Ken Smyth | Labor | 1986–1992 | |
Election results
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
- 1 2 "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ "The St Patrick's Day bashing of people's champion". Ross Fitzgerald. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ "NOMINATIONS RECEIVED FROM 174 CANDIDATES FOR 75 SEATS.". Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954). Qld.: National Library of Australia. 4 April 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 14 February 2014.