Division of Leichhardt
| Leichhardt Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
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Division of Leichhardt (green) within Queensland | |
| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Warren Entsch |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Ludwig Leichhardt |
| Electors | 99,402 (2013) |
| Area | 148,988 km2 (57,524.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
The Division of Leichhardt is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1949. It is one of Australia's largest electorates, covering an area stretching from Cairns to Cape York and the Torres Strait, including the Torres Strait Islands.
The division is named after Ludwig Leichhardt, an explorer and scientist.
Most of the electorate is almost uninhabited except for small Aboriginal communities, but the extreme southeast, consisting of the northern half of the Wet Tropics, with rich volcanic soils instead of the extraordinarily infertile lateritic sands and gravels of Cape York proper, is quite densely populated and includes urban Cairns. There are small, intensive sugar cane, banana and mango farms in this region, though they are prone to damage from droughts and cyclones.
As of the 2010 election, the electorate of Leichhardt is no longer a bellwether seat. It was a bellwether seat from the election of 1972 to 2010.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Gilmore | Country | 1949–1951 | |
| Harry Bruce | Labor | 1951–1958 | |
| Bill Fulton | Labor | 1958–1975 | |
| David Thomson | National | 1975–1983 | |
| John Gayler | Labor | 1983–1993 | |
| Peter Dodd | Labor | 1993–1996 | |
| Warren Entsch | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Jim Turnour | Labor | 2007–2010 | |
| Warren Entsch | Liberal National | 2010–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2013: Leichhardt | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Warren Entsch | 38,795 | 45.26 | −2.14 | |
| Labor | Billy Gordon | 27,920 | 32.57 | −2.09 | |
| Palmer United | Bruce Gibson | 7,326 | 8.55 | +8.55 | |
| Greens | Johanna Kloot | 5,646 | 6.59 | −2.47 | |
| Katter's Australian | George Ryan | 3,677 | 4.29 | +4.29 | |
| Family First | Frank Miles | 1,876 | 2.19 | +0.36 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Dale Edwards | 476 | 0.56 | +0.56 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,716 | 94.55 | +0.46 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,939 | 5.45 | −0.46 | ||
| Turnout | 90,655 | 91.20 | +0.10 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Warren Entsch | 47,725 | 55.68 | +1.13 | |
| Labor | Billy Gordon | 37,991 | 44.32 | −1.13 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +1.13 | |||
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Coordinates: 14°21′25″S 143°07′16″E / 14.357°S 143.121°E