Division of Leichhardt

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Leichhardt
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created1949
MPWarren Entsch
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeLudwig Leichhardt
Electors99,402 (2013)
Area148,988 km2 (57,524.6 sq mi)
DemographicRural

The Division of Leichhardt is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1949. It is one of Australia's largest electorates, covering an area from Cairns to Cape York and the Torres Strait, including the Torres Strait Islands.

The division is named after Ludwig Leichhardt, an explorer and scientist.[1]

Ludwig Leichhardt

Most of the electorate is almost uninhabited except for small Aboriginal communities. The southeast corner includes, the Wet Tropics, and includes urban Cairns. There are small, intensive sugar cane, banana and mango farms in this region. The main towns are Aurukun, Bamaga, Cairns, Cooktown, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Kuranda, Lockhart River, Mossman, Pormpuraaw, Port Douglas, Thursday Island and Weipa.[1]

Members[change | change source]

Member Party Term
  Tom Gilmore Country 1949–1951
  Harry Bruce Labor 1951–1958
  Bill Fulton Labor 1958–1975
  David Thomson National 1975–1983
  John Gayler Labor 1983–1993
  Peter Dodd Labor 1993–1996
  Warren Entsch Liberal 1996–2007
  Jim Turnour Labor 2007–2010
  Warren Entsch Liberal National 2010–present

Election results[change | change source]

2022 Australian federal election: Leichhardt[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Warren Entsch 33,652 36.70 −0.89
Labor Elida Faith 25,312 27.60 −1.19
Greens Phillip Musumeci 9,143 9.97 −0.43
One Nation Geena Court 6,822 7.44 +1.39
Katter's Australian Rod Jensen 5,166 5.63 −2.52
Socialist Alliance Pat O'Shane 3,729 4.07 +4.07
United Australia Daniel Hannagan 3,593 3.92 −0.05
Informed Medical Options Silvia Mogorovich 1,641 1.79 +1.79
Animal Justice Susanne Bayly 1,253 1.37 +1.37
Fusion Adam Cropp 930 1.01 +1.01
Australian Federation Paul Roe 466 0.51 +0.51
Total formal votes 91,707 93.18 −0.40
Informal votes 6,715 6.82 +0.40
Turnout 98,422 83.97 −3.68
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Warren Entsch 49,010 53.44 −0.73
Labor Elida Faith 42,697 46.56 +0.73
Liberal National hold Swing −0.73

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Leichhardt (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  2. Leichhardt, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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