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Electoral district of Whitsunday

Coordinates: 20°35′S 149°2′E / 20.583°S 149.033°E / -20.583; 149.033
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Whitsunday
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Electoral map of Whitsunday 2017
StateQueensland
MPAmanda Camm
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeWhitsunday Island
Electors34,824 (2020)
Area4,898 km2 (1,891.1 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates20°35′S 149°2′E / 20.583°S 149.033°E / -20.583; 149.033
Electorates around Whitsunday:
Burdekin Coral Sea Coral Sea
Burdekin Whitsunday Coral Sea
Mirani Mirani Mackay
Electoral map of Whitsunday 2008

Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.[1]

It extends from the northern suburbs of Mackay to Bowen and Proserpine as well as east to the Whitsunday Islands.

Members for Whitsunday

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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

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2020 Queensland state election: Whitsunday[2]
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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Whitsunday – District Summary, ECQ.
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