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Electoral district of Thuringowa

Electoral district of Thuringowa

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Thuringowa is an electorate in the Legislative Assembly of the state of Queensland, Australia.

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Electoral map of Thuringowa 2008

The division encompasses suburbs of the former City of Thuringowa on the western edge of Townsville in North Queensland, stretching from Deeragun in the north to Kelso in the south. It includes the suburbs of Bushland Beach, Shaw, Thuringowa Central, Rasmussen, Condon and Kirwan.[1][2]

The Electorate is bordered by the Hinchinbrook (North and West), Burdekin (South), Mundingburra and Townsville (both East) Electorates.[3]

History

The Electoral district of Thuringowa was created relatively recently in 1986, mostly from the western section of the Townsville Electorate.[4]

Thuringowa Electorate was one of eleven State seats held by Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party from 1998, until it was returned to Labor in the 2001 landslide.

In 2004 the one term sitting member, Anita Phillips did not recontest, instead choosing to challenge Peter Lindsay (unsuccessfully) for the Federal Division of Herbert.[1]

Labor's Craig Wallace held the seat from 2004.[1] In the 2006 election Thuringowa went against the statewide trend of a slight swing against Labor, Mr. Wallace achieved a swing towards Labor of 16.2% primary vote and 9.5% two party preferred.[5] Immediately after the election he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for North Queensland,[6] and two months later was promoted to Cabinet as the new Minister for Natural Resources and Water and Minister Assisting the Premier in North Queensland when a Cabinet vacancy was created by the resignation of then Attorney-General Linda Lavarch in late October 2006.[7]

Members for Thuringowa

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Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Thuringowa
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Thuringowa.[edit]
Primary vote results in Thuringowa (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Labor
  Liberal National
  National
  Liberal
  One Nation
  Katter's Australian
  Greens
  Australian Democrats
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Independent
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Thuringowa

References

  1. [1]
    "ABC Electorate guide". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
  2. [2]
    "Team Beattie Electorate guide". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
  3. [3]
    "Electoral Commission of Queensland map of Electorate" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2006.
  4. [4]
    "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  5. [5]
    "ABC Election result guide". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
  6. [6]
    "Media Statement - PREMIER AND DEPUTY TAKE CHARGE OF DELIVERING WATER GRID". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
  7. [7]
    "Media Statement - PREMIER ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 December 2006.
  8. [8]
    2020 State General Election – Thuringowa – District Summary, ECQ.
  9. [9]
    https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/qld/2020/guide/thur
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