Capricornia is a traditionally a Labor-voting electorate, having been Labor-held for 72 years of the 100 years since 1922. However, Capricornia has recently trended towards the Coalition since 2013. This political realignment was particularly noticeable at the 2019 Australian federal election as blue-collar but highly paid mining workers deserted Labor for Pauline Hanson's One Nation and the Coalition.[1] Similar voting trends can be found in the nearby electorates of Flynn, Dawson, and Herbert.[1]
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[2]
The division was one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named after the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the Division. It is located on the central Queensland coast and its centre has always been the city of Rockhampton. On its current boundaries it also includes the town of Yeppoon and Ooralea, Marian and Sarina, all southern suburbs of Mackay.
The first election saw Alexander Paterson, with 51% of votes, narrowly elected over the ALP candidate Wallace Nelson. For most of its subsequent history it has been a fairly safe seat for the ALP. This was especially true when Gladstone was part of the seat from 1901 to 1984. Even after Gladstone was redistributed to Hinkler in 1984 (it is now part of Flynn), it remained one of the few non-metropolitan seats where Labor consistently did well. Labor held it for all but two terms from 1961 to 2013, the two exceptions being the high-tide elections of 1975 and 1996. Its best-known member was Frank Forde, who was briefly Prime Minister of Australia in 1945.
Was the first MP who chose to make an affirmation rather than swearing an oath. Lost seat. Later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Normanby in 1914
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The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland CapricorniaAustralian House of Representatives DivisionDivision of Capricornia in Queensland as of the 2019 federal election Created1901MPMichelle LandryPartyLiberal NationalNamesakeTropic of CapricornElectors108 688 2022 Area90 903 km2 35 097 8 sq mi Capricornia is a traditionally a Labor voting electorate having been Labor held for 72 years of the 100 years since 1922 However Capricornia has recently trended towards the Coalition since 2013 This political realignment was particularly noticeable at the 2019 Australian federal election as blue collar but highly paid mining workers deserted Labor for Pauline Hanson s One Nation and the Coalition 1 Similar voting trends can be found in the nearby electorates of Flynn Dawson and Herbert 1 The current MP is Michelle Landry a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 5 References 6 External linksGeography EditSince 1984 federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state and they occur every seven years or sooner if a state s representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned 2 History Edit The Tropic of Capricorn the division s namesake The division was one of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election It is named after the Tropic of Capricorn which runs through the Division It is located on the central Queensland coast and its centre has always been the city of Rockhampton On its current boundaries it also includes the town of Yeppoon and Ooralea Marian and Sarina all southern suburbs of Mackay The first election saw Alexander Paterson with 51 of votes narrowly elected over the ALP candidate Wallace Nelson For most of its subsequent history it has been a fairly safe seat for the ALP This was especially true when Gladstone was part of the seat from 1901 to 1984 Even after Gladstone was redistributed to Hinkler in 1984 it is now part of Flynn it remained one of the few non metropolitan seats where Labor consistently did well Labor held it for all but two terms from 1961 to 2013 the two exceptions being the high tide elections of 1975 and 1996 Its best known member was Frank Forde who was briefly Prime Minister of Australia in 1945 Capricornia is currently held by Michelle Landry for the Liberal National Party who in 2016 became the first conservative MP to serve more than one term in the seat since George Pearce Members EditImage Member Party Term Notes Alexander Paterson 1844 1908 Independent Free Trade 30 March 1901 23 November 1903 Retired David Thomson 1856 1926 Labour 16 December 1903 12 December 1906 Lost seat Edward Archer 1871 1940 Anti Socialist 12 December 1906 26 May 1909 Was the first MP who chose to make an affirmation rather than swearing an oath Lost seat Later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Normanby in 1914 Commonwealth Liberal 26 May 1909 13 April 1910 William Higgs 1862 1951 Labor 13 April 1910 January 1920 Previously a member of the Senate Served as minister under Hughes Lost seat Independent January 1920 September 1920 Nationalist September 1920 16 December 1922 Frank Forde 1890 1983 Labor 16 December 1922 28 September 1946 Previously held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Rockhampton Served as minister under Scullin Curtin and Chifley Served as Prime Minister in 1945 Lost seat Later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Flinders in 1955 Charles Davidson 1897 1985 Country 28 September 1946 10 December 1949 Transferred to the Division of Dawson George Pearce 1917 1992 Liberal 10 December 1949 9 December 1961 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Menzies Lost seat George Gray 1903 1967 Labor 9 December 1961 2 August 1967 Died in office Dr Doug Everingham 1923 2017 Labor 30 September 1967 13 December 1975 Served as minister under Whitlam Lost seat Colin Carige 1938 2002 National Country 13 December 1975 10 December 1977 Lost seat Dr Doug Everingham 1923 2017 Labor 10 December 1977 26 October 1984 Retired Keith Wright 1942 2015 Labor 26 October 1984 1993 Previously held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Rockhampton Lost preselection and then lost seat Independent 1993 13 March 1993 Marjorie Henzell 1948 Labor 13 March 1993 2 March 1996 Lost seat Paul Marek 1964 Nationals 2 March 1996 3 October 1998 Lost seat Kirsten Livermore 1969 Labor 3 October 1998 5 August 2013 Retired Michelle Landry 1962 Liberal Nationals 7 September 2013 present IncumbentElection results EditMain article Electoral results for the Division of Capricornia This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland Capricornia edit 2022 Australian federal election Capricornia 3 Party Candidate Votes Liberal National Michelle Landry 35 613 39 44 1 21Labor Russell Robertson 25 330 28 05 4 31One Nation Kylee Stanton 13 179 14 60 2 38Greens Mick Jones 5 302 5 87 1 03United Australia Nathan Harding 3 555 3 94 0 29Independent Ken Murray 3 048 3 38 0 89Great Australian Zteven Whitty 1 747 1 93 1 93Liberal Democrats Steve Murphy 1 392 1 54 1 54Informed Medical Options Paula Ganfield 1 126 1 25 1 25Total formal votes 90 292 93 86 0 19Informal votes 5 904 6 14 0 19Turnout 96 196 88 60 3 98Two party preferred resultLiberal National Michelle Landry 51 096 56 59 5 76Labor Russell Robertson 39 196 43 41 5 76Liberal National hold Swing 5 76 Primary vote results in Capricornia Liberal National Liberal Country National United Australia Party Labor Australian Democrats Greens One Nation Palmer United United Australia Party Katter s Australian Party Independent Two candidate preferred vote results in CapricorniaReferences Edit a b Capricornia Key Seat Federal Electorate Candidates Results abc net au Retrieved 31 May 2022 Muller Damon 14 November 2017 The process of federal redistributions a quick guide Parliament of Australia Retrieved 19 April 2022 Capricornia QLD 2022 Tally Room Australian Electoral Commission External links EditDivision of Capricornia Qld Australian Electoral Commission Coordinates 22 03 04 S 148 11 20 E 22 051 S 148 189 E 22 051 148 189 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Division of Capricornia amp oldid 1124101065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
