Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

Mulgrave Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Mulgrave (2008—)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1873–1888; 1950–present
MP	Curtis Pitt
Party	Labor
Namesake	Mulgrave River
Electors	30,754 (2015)
Area	1,664 km^2 (642.5 sq mi)
Coordinates	17°13′S 145°51′E / 17.217°S 145.850°ECoordinates: 17°13′S 145°51′E / 17.217°S 145.850°E

Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns at its northern end to Innisfail at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the towns of Gordonvale and Babinda. The electorate was first created for the 1950 election.

There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town of Bundaberg and was replaced by the new electoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887.^[1]

Members for Mulgrave

First incarnation (1873–1888)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Scott	Squatter conservative	1873–1878
	Thomas McIlwraith	Conservative leader	1878–1886
	Walter Adams	Unaligned	1886–1888
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bob Watson	Country	1950–1953
	Charles English	Labor	1953–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957
	Bob Watson	Country	1957–1959
	Carlisle Wordsworth	Country	1959–1960
	Roy Armstrong	Country	1960–1975
		National Country	1975–1980
	Max Menzel	National Country	1980–1982
		National	1982–1989
	Warren Pitt	Labor	1989–1995
	Naomi Wilson	National	1995–1998
	Charles Rappolt	One Nation	1998
	Warren Pitt	Labor	1998–2009
	Curtis Pitt	Labor	2009–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Mulgrave^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	13,605	51.05	+16.55
	Liberal National	Robyn Quick	8,334	31.27	−0.73
	Palmer United	Christian Wolff	2,821	10.59	+10.59
	Greens	Henry Boer	1,021	3.83	+0.28
	Independent	Damian Byrnes	867	3.25	+3.25
Total formal votes			26,648	97.73	−0.40
Informal votes			618	2.27	+0.40
Turnout			27,266	88.66	−1.71
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Curtis Pitt	15,516	62.76	+11.62
	Liberal National	Robyn Quick	9,205	37.24	−11.62
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.62

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
2. 2015 State General Election - Mulgrave - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)