Electoral district of Traeger
| Traeger Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Traeger, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Robbie Katter | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Katter's Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Alfred Traeger | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 26,386 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 428,911 km2(165,603.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Remote and rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°49′57″S142°38′52″E/ 19.8326°S 142.6477°E | ||||||||||||||
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Traegeris anelectoral districtof theLegislative Assemblyin the Australian state ofQueensland.It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was named afterAlfred Traeger,inventor of the pedal-powered radio, which was a significant contribution to people living in remote and rural communities in Queensland, such as those within Traeger.[1]
It takes in most of the urbanised portions of the abolished districts ofMount IsaandDalrymple.It includes the local government areas ofBurke,Doomadgee,Carpentaria,Croydon,Etheridge,Charters Towers,Mount Isa,Cloncurry,McKinlay,RichmondandFlinders.[1]
From results of theprevious 2015 election,Traeger was estimated to be a safe seat for theKatter's Australian Partywith a margin of 16.1%.[2]
Robbie Katter,the last member for Mount Isa and the Queensland leader of Katter's Australian Party, opted to follow most of his constituents into Traeger. He won the seat with an increased majority.
Members for Traeger
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robbie Katter | Katter's Australian | 2017–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katter's Australian | Robbie Katter | 12,047 | 58.85 | −7.37 | |
| Labor | James Bambrick | 4,219 | 20.61 | +4.02 | |
| Liberal National | Marnie Smith | 3,284 | 16.04 | +5.99 | |
| Greens | Kristian Horvath | 460 | 2.25 | +0.10 | |
| Independent | Craig Scriven | 277 | 1.35 | −0.31 | |
| United Australia | Phillip Collins | 182 | 0.89 | +0.89 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,469 | 97.00 | +0.95 | ||
| Informal votes | 633 | 3.00 | −0.95 | ||
| Turnout | 21,102 | 79.97 | −2.07 | ||
| Notionaltwo-party-preferredcount[a] | |||||
| Liberal National | Marnie Smith | 51.20 | |||
| Labor | James Bambrick | 48.80 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferredresult | |||||
| Katter's Australian | Robbie Katter | 15,295 | 74.72 | −3.77 | |
| Labor | James Bambrick | 5,174 | 25.28 | +3.77 | |
| Katter's Australianhold | Swing | −3.77 | |||
See also
[edit]- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assemblyby year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assemblyby name
References
[edit]- ^abQueensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017)."Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts"(PDF).Queensland Government Gazette.p. 209. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 29 October 2017.Retrieved29 October2017.
- ^Green, Antony."2017 Queensland Redistribution".ABC Elections.Archivedfrom the original on 4 November 2017.Retrieved5 November2017.
- ^2020 State General Election – Traeger – District Summary,ECQ.
- ^"Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result".18 November 2020.
Notes
[edit]- ^Estimate two-party preferred count byAntony Green.[4]