Districtsridings canada elections research guides at western. In mid 2017, the state electoral boundaries were redrawn to accommodate queensland s growing and shifting population. Queensland is divided into 93 state electoral districtselectoral district boundaries change every 8 years on average. Look up the suburb, town or locality where the elector is enrolled using the locality section of this book. Cairns qld 4870 mackay alldistricts centre mackay showgrounds pittsworth felton elto north branch brookstead condamine river north branch milton street mackay qld 4740 maroochydore alldistricts centre millwell road community centre il road east qld 4558 noosa alldistricts centre noosa christian outreach centre hall 202 eumundi noosa road. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Current federal electoral divisions australian electoral. Drawing house of representatives electorate boundaries. Changes were made to the boundaries of 18 of queenslands 30 electoral.
Queensland federal redistribution australian electoral. After each state election, the ecq must provide a report to the minister on the conduct of the election. State electorate redistributions as people move around queensland, the electoral districts need to change to make voting fair. Despite electorate changes, your local member remains the person elected on the electorates in place at the previous federal election or subsequent by election. The redistribution was conducted by the queensland redistribution commission as required by the electoral act 1992.
Only two new electorates were created, and the waipa electorate was one of them. Divisions of the australian house of representatives wikipedia. State electorate boundaries electoral commission of queensland. In australia, a redistribution is the process of redrawing the boundaries of electoral divisions to. Current redland city council boundaries shown on a map on the electoral commission of queensland website.
What you need to know about queenslands new electorates. Results will be posted progressively on the 2020 local government elections results page the elected candidates in uncontested elections for 15 mayoral and 31 councillor positions across 24 local government areas were officially declared by the electoral commissioner on 30 march 2020. It is also the ecqs standard practice to report on the conduct of other electoral events, in particular by providing relevant statistical information. These reports are tabled in the legislative assembly. The queensland redistribution commission is responsible for making changes to the boundaries of the states electoral districts. The number of electorates was increased from 61 to 72, and eden was one of the new electorates.
Queenslands electorate boundary redistribution unveiled abc. The bjelkemander was the term given to a system of malapportionment in the australian state of queensland in the 1970s and 1980s. There are 77 local council areas within queensland. In australia, electoral districts for the australian house of representatives are called divisions. Maps and spatial data australian electoral commission. At a state election, electors in each district vote for one candidate to represent them. The redistribution is in preparation for the local government election, to be held on 28 march 2020. The electoral divisions provided are those in use at the 2019 federal election. Local government area boundaries electoral commission of. Redistribution australia news newspapers books scholar jstor july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message.
Qld division finder 2019 australian electoral commission. Eight subcommittees were formed, with two members each making decisions for their own province. Gympie is an electoral district of the legislative assembly in the australian state of queensland the electorate is centred on the city of gympie and stretches north to rainbow beach and as far south to pomona. The division of brisbane consists of part of the brisbane city. Official administrative queensland local government maps are available from department of natural resources, mines and energy. In the 1875 electoral redistribution, the house of representatives increased representation by 10 seats, but this was mostly achieved through adding more members to existing electorates. The readjustment of boundaries is a federal matter controlled by parliament. Review finds too many voters in two redland city council divisions. Bundaberg qld 4670 mackay alldistricts centre mackay showgrounds 24 milton street mackay qld 4740 maroochydore alldistricts centre millwell road community centre il road east currumbin. An electoral boundaries commission is appointed for each province by the governor. Queensland electoral district boundaries are changed on average every 8 years. Electoral boundaries for queensland, march 2018, esri shapefile.
Queensland is currently divided into 93 state electorates. Electorate results below reflect electorates that will be in place at the next federal election. Electoral boundaries electoral commission of queensland. The next election will be held on saturday 28 march 2020. On those boundaries, it was a marginal seat that traded hands between the australian labor party and the national party of australia. Hinchinbrook island magnetic island b r u c e h w y b r u c e h w y paluma range np girringun np tully gorge np hinchinbrook island np girramay np toomulla tokalon paluma burgamoo coolbie lannercost benjamin flats abergowrie mutarnee yuruga abswold dingo pocket moongobulla upper stone ellerbeck bilyana toobanna rollingstone bambaroo the. Open interactive map the maps below were designed in 2019 in preparation for the 2020 local government quadrennial election. Scuth wages are taken to the accuracy of dates the.
At a state election, electors in each district vote for one candidate to. Electoral act 1992 n 2017 queensland state electoral. Centred on the ayrhome hill region, the electorate also includes some of townsvilles southern suburbs stuart, wulguru and annandale as well as the coalmining town of collinsville. Written descriptions of the boundary for each electoral division will be published on this page following tabling of the augmented electoral commissions report in the federal parliament. Augmented electoral commission decides names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in queensland 5 january 2018 proposed federal electoral divisions for queensland released 29 september 2017 commencement of the redistribution of federal electoral divisions in queensland. These boundaries will come into effect at the conclusion of the elections. The 2020 local government elections were held on saturday, 28 march 2020.
Under the system, electorates were allocated to zones such as rural or metropolitan and electoral boundaries drawn so that rural electorates had about half as many voters as metropolitan ones. The electoral division had previously centred on gladstone and its surrounding area. Current districts by region districts in far north queensland. The battle lines for the next queensland election are released, in what is the. This article needs additional citations for verification. The division of dickson is an australian electoral division in queensland, australia.
State electorate boundaries queensland is currently divided into 93 state electorates. Abc election analyst antony greens electorate profiles including background, past election results, candidates and 2019 results available from may 18. State district map search electoral commission of queensland. District refers to an electorate within the state of queensland. The division of lilley includes sparsely populated areas of brisbane airport, tidal wetlands around boondall and industrial areas around pinkenba. Voters line up at the coorparoo, brisbane, prepolling booth on wednesday for the queensland elections. The burdekin river flows through part of the electorate. Each electoral district is represented by a single member in parliament.
The statistical area level 1s sa1s in use are those which were used for the 2016 census. Map of the 151 electoral divisions to the house of representatives blank in use for the 2019 election. Election results and statistics electoral commission of. Morrison staffer apologises as turnbull book publisher plans to refer memoir leak. Vote result system electoral commission of queensland. In october 2019 the electoral commission of queensland ecq finalised a redistribution of electoral wards within the city of brisbane. New seats, names and new boundaries recommended in electoral. Electoral boundaries for queensland, march 2018, mapinfo. The seat is located in coastal queensland, including the towns of bundaberg, hervey bay, childers, gayndah and monto.
Nova scotia electoral district maps elections nova scotia. At a state election, electors in each electoral district vote for one candidate to represent them in parliament. The seat is currently held by tony perrett of the liberal national party. Electoral commission of queensland electoral commission. This article argues that the discretion granted to canadian electoral boundary. The recent actions of federal electoral boundary commissions and parliament have. Medical experts say voters face a lethal risk of contracting coronavirus. Electoral districts about queensland and its government. Sweeping changes to queenslands electoral map have been. Electoral queensland polling information polling booth locations electoral district murrumba 0 mount isa booth count. The division is named after sir charles lilley, a former premier of queensland and a former chief justice in the supreme court of queensland. Maps and data of the queensland electoral divisions.
The new boundaries will take effect from the 2020 election. In the case of queensland 27 mps the state population was 3,729,123. Raglan locality boundary bracewell locality boundary north coast rail line lot 15 272292 and leferink rd tannum sands locality boundary colosseum inlet. It was created by splitting the area of the waikato electorate. State electoral boundaries 2017 queensland datasets. Electoral divisions by 2016 abs statistical geography sa1s notes. The population of each australian electoral division. Ormation 22 34,121 10 january 2015 31 january 2015 ing booth or road or road way land. The 1870 electoral redistribution was undertaken by a parliamentary select committee based on population data from the 1867 census. A significant change resulting from this redistribution was an increase in the number of districts from 89 to 93.
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