Electoral district of Mirani
| Mirani Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Mirani 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Glen Kelly | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mirani | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,141 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 63,290 km2 (24,436.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°21′S 149°13′E / 22.350°S 149.217°E | ||||||||||||||
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Mirani is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is currently represented by Glen Kelly of the Liberal National Party.[1]
It covers much of the Queensland coast between the cities of Rockhampton and Mackay, as well as the hinterland west of Mackay. Major towns within its boundaries include Sarina, Marian, Mount Morgan, and its namesake, Mirani. It also contains the outer Mackay suburbs of Bakers Creek, Ooralea, and parts of Paget.
Mirani was historically a safely conservative seat, and was held by the Country Party and its successors the National Party and Liberal National Party from 1947 to 2015. A redistribution in 2008 made Mirani a notionally Labor held seat with a 1.2% margin, but veteran incumbent Ted Malone achieved a swing strong enough to retain this seat at the 2009 election. Malone retired at the 2015 state election, at which Jim Pearce, formerly Labor member for abolished Fitzroy from 1989 to 2009, became only the second Labor member ever to win Mirani.
Pearce was subsequently defeated at the 2017 election by Stephen Andrew, of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Andrew was disendorsed by One Nation ahead of the 2024 election and later left the party, choosing to sit as an independent before joining the Katter's Australian Party in September 2024. He narrowly lost re-election to Glen Kelly of the Liberal National Party at the 2024 state election.
Members for Mirani
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Swayne | Liberal | 1912–1918 | |
| National | 1918–1920 | ||
| Northern Country | 1920–1923 | ||
| Country | 1923–1925 | ||
| CPNP | 1925–1935 | ||
| Ted Walsh | Labor | 1935–1947 | |
| Ernie Evans | Country | 1947–1965 | |
| Tom Newbery | Country | 1965–1974 | |
| National | 1974–1980 | ||
| Jim Randell | National | 1980–1994 | |
| Ted Malone | National | 1994–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–2015 | ||
| Jim Pearce | Labor | 2015–2017 | |
| Stephen Andrew | One Nation | 2017–2024 | |
| Independent | 2024 | ||
| Katter's Australian | 2024 | ||
| Glen Kelly | Liberal National | 2024–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Glen Kelly | 10,852 | 36.7 | +9.2 | |
| Katter's Australian | Stephen Andrew | 7,607 | 25.8 | +25.8 | |
| Labor | Susan Teder | 5,967 | 20.2 | −11.8 | |
| One Nation | Brett Neal | 3,390 | 11.5 | −20.2 | |
| Greens | Maria Carty | 921 | 3.1 | +0.7 | |
| Family First | Patricia Martin | 798 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal National gain from Katter's Australian | Swing | 9.6 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mirani - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.