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QLD DIVISION - CAPRICORNIA

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Division Profile
Division Name CAPRICORNIA
State Queensland
Elected Member Livermore, K (ALP) 1998-
Name Derivation Named after a district name apparently originating from the fact that the Tropic of Capricorn passes through the area.
First Proclaimed / Election 1900/1901
Area 125136 sq. kms
Demographic Provincial
Seat Status Marginal
Enrolment 91,027
Turnout 94.74%
Informal 4.25%
Location Capricornia covers an area of approximately 125 136 sq km from Collinsville in the north, the Capricorn Coast in the east and west to Blackwater. Nearby islands are also included in the division. The City of Rockhampton and the towns of Biloela, Blackwater,Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Emu Park, Glenden, Gracemere, Marlborough, Middlemount, Moranbah, Moura, Nebo, St Lawrence, and Yeppoon as well as Great Keppel Island are in this division.
Products and Industry Primary production, grains, beef cattle, grazing, fishing, coal mining, meat works, dairy products and tourism.

Members
LIVERMORE, K (ALP) 1998-
MAREK, P (NP) 1996-1998
HENZELL, M M (ALP) 1993-1996
WRIGHT, K W (ALP) 1984-1993
EVERINGHAM, D N (ALP) 1977-1984
CARIGE, C L (NCP) 1975-1977
EVERINGHAM, D N (ALP) 1967-1975
GRAY, G H (ALP) 1961-1967
PEARCE, H G (LP) 1949-1961
DAVIDSON, C W (LP) 1946-1949
FORDE, F M (ALP) 1922-1946
HIGGS, W (ALP) 1910-1922
ARCHER, E W (ANTI-SOC) 1906-1910
THOMSON, D A (ALP) 1903-1906
PATERSON, A (IND) 1901-1903

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