Electoral district of Mackay
- Electoral district of Mackay
The division of Mackay is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in Central Queensland, Australia, encompassing the inner suburbs of the city of Mackay. Outer suburbs of the city are included in the neighbouring electorates of Mirani and Whitsunday.
Mackay has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party since 1915, when it was won by William Forgan Smith, who served as Premier of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He retired undefeated in 1942 and was replaced by long-serving backbencher Fred Graham. Graham retired in 1969, and was succeeded by Ed Casey. Casey went to lose Labor preselection in 1972, but recontested and won as an independent, and did so again in 1975 before being readmitted to the party in 1977. He subsequently served as Labor leader from 1978 to 1982, and later as a minister in the Goss Labor government. He was succeeded upon his retirement by current MLA Tim Mulherin, who has been comfortably re-elected ever since, winning with more than 60% of the vote in 2006.
Member for Mackay
External links
* [http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2006/Mackay/districtProfile.html District Profile]
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