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Kennedy
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Kennedy (green) within QueenslandCreated: 1900 MP: Bob Katter Party: Katter's Australian Party Namesake: Edmund Kennedy Area: 568,993 km² (219,689 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Kennedy is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. The division is notable for its size, relative to other electoral divisions. It covers more than twice the area of the United Kingdom and is larger than Spain.[citation needed]
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About the electorate
The division is named after Edmund Kennedy, an explorer in the area where the division is located in Queensland.
Geographically, the electorate is rural, comprising the Pacific coast of Queensland between Cairns and Townsville, but including neither town, and then a large, increasingly sparsely populated area stretching west to the border with the Northern Territory. The largest settlement in the electorate is the remote mining town of Mount Isa, in its far west.
Members
Member Party Term Charles McDonald Labor 1901–1925 Grosvenor Francis Nationalist 1925–1929 Darby Riordan Labor 1929–1936 Bill Riordan Labor 1936–1966 Bob Katter, Sr. Country 1966–1975 National Country 1975–1982 National 1982–1990 Rob Hulls Labor 1990–1993 Bob Katter National 1993–2001 Independent 2001–2011 Katter's Australian Party 2011–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of KennedyAustralian federal election, 2010: Kennedy Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Bob Katter 38,170 46.71 +9.91 Liberal National Ed Morrison 21,737 26.60 +0.30 Labor Andrew Turnour 16,513 20.21 -8.78 Greens Jess Jones 3,669 4.49 +1.11 Family First Fred Dykstra 1,633 2.00 +0.02 Total formal votes 81,722 94.62 -1.44 Informal votes 4,648 5.38 +1.44 Turnout 86,370 91.43 -2.47 Two-candidate preferred result Independent Bob Katter 55,852 68.34 +2.05 Liberal National Ed Morrison 25,870 31.66 +31.66 Independent hold Swing +2.05 References
Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland Blair · Bonner · Bowman · Brisbane · Capricornia · Dawson · Dickson · Fadden · Fairfax · Fisher · Flynn · Forde · Griffith · Groom · Herbert · Hinkler · Kennedy · Leichhardt · Lilley · Longman · Maranoa · McPherson · Moncrieff · Moreton · Oxley · Petrie · Rankin · Ryan · Wide Bay · Wright
Abolished: Darling Downs · Oxley (1901-34)
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern Territories Coordinates: 19°38′02″S 142°05′20″E / 19.634°S 142.089°E
Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
- Australian electorates contested at every election
- Far North Queensland
- North West Queensland
- Federal politics in Queensland
- Australia government stubs
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