Australian electorate
| Whitsunday Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Whitsunday 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Amanda Camm | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Whitsunday Island | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,824 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,898 km (1,891.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°35′S 149°2′E / 20.583°S 149.033°E / -20.583; 149.033 | ||||||||||||||
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Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
It extends from the northern suburbs of Mackay to Bowen and Proserpine as well as east to the Whitsunday Islands.
Members for Whitsunday
| Member | Party affiliation | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Roberts | Country Party | 1950–1961 | |
| Ron Camm | Country | 1961–1974 | |
| National | 1974–1980 | ||
| Geoff Muntz | National | 1980–1989 | |
| Independent | 1989 | ||
| Lorraine Bird | Labor | 1989–1998 | |
| Harry Black | One Nation | 1998–1999 | |
| City Country Alliance | 1999–2001 | ||
| Jan Jarratt | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Jason Costigan | Liberal National | 2012–2019 | |
| Independent | 2019 | ||
| North Queensland First | 2019–2020 | ||
| Amanda Camm | Liberal National | 2020–present |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Whitsunday This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Whitsunday.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Amanda Camm | 9,592 | 32.85 | +0.69 | |
| Labor | Angie Kelly | 9,523 | 32.61 | +1.45 | |
| One Nation | Deb Lawson | 2,742 | 9.39 | −10.66 | |
| NQ First | Jason Costigan | 2,735 | 9.37 | +9.37 | |
| Katter's Australian | Ciaron Paterson | 1,803 | 6.17 | −2.98 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Paul Hilder | 1,417 | 4.85 | +4.85 | |
| Greens | Emma Barrett | 1,134 | 3.88 | −1.84 | |
| United Australia | Greg Armstrong | 255 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,201 | 96.33 | +0.36 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,114 | 3.67 | −0.36 | ||
| Turnout | 30,315 | 87.05 | +0.73 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Amanda Camm | 15,552 | 53.26 | +2.58 | |
| Labor | Angie Kelly | 13,649 | 46.74 | −2.58 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.58 | |||
References
- "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.
- 2020 State General Election – Whitsunday – District Summary, ECQ.