Division of Capricornia

Capricornia Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Capricornia in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Michelle Landry
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Tropic of Capricorn
Electors	98,233 (2016)
Area	91,049 km² (35,154.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the Division. It is located on the central Queensland coast and its centre has always been the city of Rockhampton. On its current boundaries it also includes the town of Yeppoon and the southern suburb of Mackay, Ooralea.

The first election saw Alexander Paterson, with 51% of votes, narrowly elected over the ALP candidate Wallace Nelson. For most of its subsequent history it has been a fairly safe seat for the ALP. However, it has fallen to the conservatives at high-tide elections. It is currently held by Michelle Landry for the Liberal National Party who in 2016, became the first reelected conservative MP for the seat since Henry Pearce in 1958.

Its best-known member was Frank Forde, who was briefly Prime Minister of Australia in 1945.

Members

	Party	Term
Alexander Paterson	Independent Free Trade	1901–1903
David Thomson	Labour	1903–1906
Edward Archer	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
Edward Archer	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
William Higgs	Labor	1910–1920
	Independent	1920–1920
	Nationalist	1920–1922
Frank Forde	Labor	1922–1946
Charles Davidson	Liberal	1946–1949
Henry Pearce	Liberal	1949–1961
George Gray	Labor	1961–1967
Doug Everingham	Labor	1967–1975
Colin Carige	National	1975–1977
Doug Everingham	Labor	1977–1984
Keith Wright	Labor	1984–1993
Keith Wright	Independent	1993–1993
Marjorie Henzell	Labor	1993–1996
Paul Marek	National	1996–1998
Kirsten Livermore	Labor	1998–2013
Michelle Landry	Liberal National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Capricornia

Australian federal election, 2016: Capricornia^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Michelle Landry	35,310	40.05	+0.47
	Labor	Leisa Neaton	33,579	38.09	+1.05
	Katter's Australian	Laurel Carter	6,241	7.08	+1.54
	Family First	Lindsay Temple	4,547	5.16	+1.30
	Independent	Ken Murray	4,312	4.89	+4.89
	Greens	Kate Giamarelos	4,166	4.73	+1.30
Total formal votes			88,155	96.45	+1.60
Informal votes			3,242	3.55	−1.60
Turnout			91,397	93.04	−1.79
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Michelle Landry	44,633	50.63	−0.14
	Labor	Leisa Neaton	43,522	49.37	+0.14
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−0.14

References

↑ Capricornia, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Capricornia (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

Blair Bonner Bowman Brisbane Capricornia Dawson Dickson Fadden Fairfax Fisher Flynn Forde Griffith Groom Herbert Hinkler Kennedy Leichhardt Lilley Longman Maranoa McPherson Moncrieff Moreton Oxley Petrie Rankin Ryan Wide Bay Wright Abolished: Darling Downs Oxley (1901–34)

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 22°03′04″S 148°11′20″E / 22.051°S 148.189°E / -22.051; 148.189

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