Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland)
| Flinders Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| State | Queensland |
| Dates current | 1888–1932, 1950-1992 |
| Namesake | Matthew Flinders |
The electoral district of Flinders was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
It was first created in 1887, effective 1888, covering the area centred on the central Queensland towns of Cloncurry, Richmond and Hughenden.[1] It replaced the Electoral district of Burke.[1]
Flinders, along with parts of Burke, was incorporated into the new seat of Carpentaria in the 1931 redistribution, effective in 1932.[1] The named was changed back to Flinders in 1949, effective at the 1950 election.[1]
It was abolished in a redistribution in 1991, effective 1992, being replaced by Charters Towers. The last sitting member of Flinders was Bob Katter, who had held it since December 1974.[2]
Members for Flinders
| First incarnation (1888–1932) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Louis Goldring | 1888–1893 | ||
| Charles McDonald | Labour | 1893–1901 | |
| Peter Airey | Labour | 1901–1907 | |
| John May | Labor | 1907–1917 | |
| John Mullan | Labor | 1918–1932 | |
| Second incarnation (1950–1992) | |||
| Ernest Riordan | Labor | 1950–1954 | |
| Frank Forde | Labor | 1955–1957 | |
| Bill Longeran | Country | 1957–1974 | |
| Bob Katter | National | 1974–1992 | |
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Representatives of Queensland state electorates 1860 - 2012" (PDF). Parliament of Queensland. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
- ↑ "The Hon Bob Katter MP, Member for Kennedy (Qld)". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
Coordinates: 20°50′33.5″S 144°11′59.6″E / 20.842639°S 144.199889°E