Division of Wide Bay

For the geographic region in Queensland, see Wide Bay-Burnett. For the former Queensland Legislative Assembly electorate, see Electoral district of Wide Bay.

Wide Bay Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Wide Bay (green) within Queensland
Created	1901
MP	Warren Truss
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Wide Bay, Queensland
Electors	95,132 (2013)
Area	14,573 km² (5,626.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Wide Bay is located in south east Queensland, and includes the cities of Maryborough, Gympie, Noosa, all of Fraser Island, and inland areas extending west to Murgon.

Notable representatives have included three time Prime Minister Andrew Fisher, who was the seat's first member. However, it has been a conservative seat for most of its history; only one other Labor member has ever won it. Warren Truss, a former leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia has held the seat since the Australian federal election, 1990. Truss announced in 2016 that he will not content the next federal election.^[1]

Members

	Party	Term
Andrew Fisher	Labour	1901–1915
Edward Corser	Commonwealth Liberal	1915–1917
Edward Corser	Nationalist	1917–1928
Bernard Corser	Country	1928–1954
William Brand	Country	1954–1958
Henry Bandidt	Country	1958–1961
Brendan Hansen	Labor	1961–1974
Clarrie Millar	Country, National	1974–1990
Warren Truss	National	1990–2010
Warren Truss	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wide Bay

Australian federal election, 2013: Wide Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Warren Truss	41,767	48.87	−9.99
	Labor	Lucy Stanton	17,697	20.71	−3.39
	Palmer United	Stephen Anderson	13,574	15.88	+15.88
	Greens	Joy Ringrose	5,596	6.55	−4.45
	Katter's Australian	Gordon Dale	5,022	5.88	+5.88
	Family First	John Chapman	1,286	1.50	−2.24
	Rise Up Australia	Grace Dickins	517	0.60	+0.60
Total formal votes			85,459	95.32	+0.57
Informal votes			4,199	4.68	−0.57
Turnout			89,658	94.25	+1.35
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Warren Truss	53,975	63.16	−2.45
	Labor	Lucy Stanton	31,484	36.84	+2.45
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−2.45

References

↑ Gartrell, Adam (11 February 2016). "Parliament pays tribute to retiring deputy PM Warren Truss ahead of Barnaby Joyce elevation". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

External links

Division of Wide Bay (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

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)

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Coordinates: 25°54′47″S 152°33′32″E / 25.913°S 152.559°E / -25.913; 152.559

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