Division of Capricornia

Capricornia Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Capricornia (green) within Queensland
Created	1901
MP	Kirsten Livermore
Party	Labor
Namesake	Tropic of Capricorn
Electors	91,961 (2010)
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 set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the Division. It covers the area around Rockhampton on the central Queensland coast. It includes the towns of Mount Morgan and Yeppoon, and Great Keppel Island.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Paterson	Independent Free Trade	1901–1903
	David Thomson	Labor	1903–1906
	Edward Archer	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
		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
		Independent	1993–1993
	Marjorie Henzell	Labor	1993–1996
	Paul Marek	National	1996–1998
	Kirsten Livermore	Labor	1998–present

The most famous member was Frank Forde, who was the Prime Minister of Australia for eight days in 1945.

Election results

• 2004 election result
• 2007 election result
• 2010 election result

Other websites

• Division of Capricornia (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission
• Kirsten Livermore's website Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Fremantle

Division represented by the Prime Minister 1945–1945 Frank Forde

Succeeded by Macquarie