Division Profile

Division Name

LEICHHARDT

State

Queensland

Elected Member

Entsch, W (LNP) 2010-

Name Derivation

Named after Friedrich Leichhardt 1813-48, explorer and scientist.

First Proclaimed / Election

1949

Area

148988 sq. kms

Demographic

Rural

Pre-Election Seat Status

Marginal

Seat Status

Marginal

Enrolment

99,312

Turnout

91.28%

Informal

5.45%

Location

Leichhardt covers an area of approximately 148,988 sq km from the Torres Strait Islands in the north to Bentley Park in the south. The main towns include Aurukun, Bamaga, Cairns (part), Cooktown, Hope Vale, Kowanyama, Kuranda, Lockhart River, Mossman, Pormpuraaw, Port Douglas, Thursday Island and Weipa.

Products and Industry

Sugar, tropical fruit, aquaculture, cattle, fishing, mining and tourism.

Members

Entsch, W (LNP) 2010-

Turnour, J (ALP) 2007-2010

Entsch, W (LP) 1996-2007

Dodd, P G (ALP) 1993-1996

Gayler, J (ALP) 1983-1993

Thomson, D S (NCP/NP) 1975-1983

Fulton, W J (ALP) 1958-1975

Bruce, H A (ALP) 1951-1958

Gilmore, T V (CP) 1949-1951

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QLD DIVISION - LEICHHARDT

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