Electoral district of Callide
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Australian electorate
25°5′S 150°42′E / 25.083°S 150.700°E / -25.083; 150.700Electorates around Callide: | ||
Gregory | Mirani | Gladstone |
Warrego | Callide | Burnett |
Warrego | Nanango | Maryborough |
Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.[1]
It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys. Major towns within the division's boundaries include Biloela, Calliope, Chinchilla, Jandowae, Miles, Bell, Monto, Eidsvold, Gin Gin, Biggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Moura, Banana, Theodore, Baralaba, Taroom and Wandoan.
Located in traditional National territory, it has been in the hands of either that party or the merged Liberal National Party for its entire existence.
A by-election was held on the 18th of June, 2022, following the resignation of Colin Boyce. LNP candidate Bryson Head was elected.[2]
Members for Callide
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
Vince Jones | Country | 1950–1971 | |
Lindsay Hartwig | Country | 1972–1974 | |
National | 1974–1981 | ||
Independent | 1981–1986 | ||
Di McCauley | National | 1986–1998 | |
Jeff Seeney | National | 1998–2008 | |
Liberal National | 2008–2017 | ||
Colin Boyce | Liberal National | 2017–2022 | |
Bryson Head | Liberal National | 2022–present |
Election results
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Callide.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal National | Colin Boyce | 16,608 | 57.20 | +23.77 | |
Labor | Gordon Earnshaw | 7,463 | 25.71 | +3.55 | |
Independent | Adam Burling | 2,444 | 8.42 | +8.42 | |
Independent | Loris Doessel | 1,371 | 4.72 | +4.72 | |
Greens | Anthony Walsh | 1,147 | 3.95 | +0.54 | |
Total formal votes | 29,033 | 97.04 | +0.67 | ||
Informal votes | 887 | 2.96 | −0.67 | ||
Turnout | 29,920 | 88.24 | −1.19 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Colin Boyce | 19,112 | 65.83 | +9.71 | |
Labor | Gordon Earnshaw | 9,921 | 34.17 | +34.17 | |
Liberal National hold |
References
- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "LNP comfortably retains Queensland seat of Callide in by-election". ABC News. 18 June 2022.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Callide – District Summary, ECQ.
External links
- Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)
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