Division of Leichhardt

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The Division of Leichhardt is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was first proclaimed in 1949. It is one of Australia's largest electorates, covering an area stretching from Cairns to Cape York and the Torres Strait, including the Torres Strait Islands.

1 About the electorate
2 Members
3 2007 Election
4 External links

[edit] About the electorate

The division is named after Friedrich Leichhardt, an explorer and scientist.

Most of the electorate is almost uninhabited except for small Aboriginal communities, but the extreme southeast, consisting of the northern half of the Wet Tropics, with rich volcanic soils instead of the extraordinarily infertile lateritic sands and gravels of Cape York proper, is quite densely populated and includes urban Cairns. There are small, intensive sugar cane, banana and mango farms in this region, though they are prone to damage from droughts and cyclones.

[edit] Members

Member	Party	Term
T V Gilmore	CP	1949-51
H A Bruce	ALP	1951-58
W J Fulton	ALP	1958-75
D S Thomson	NCP/NP	1975-83
J Gayler	ALP	1983-93
P G Dodd	ALP	1993-96
Warren Entsch	LP	1996-

[edit] 2007 Election

The current sitting member, the Liberal party's Warren Entsch, will not be contesting the election in 2007. A woman named Charlie McKillop was pre-selected to replace Warren Entsch.

The Australian Labor Party's candidate is Jim Turnour. Jim works for the Department of Primary Industries and is currently managing a large scale project helping farmers recover from cyclone Larry. He is also involved in numerous community groups around Leichhardt and takes a keen interest in indigenous issues.

The National party is also running a candidate for the 2007 federal election. The National Party's candidate is local businessman Ian Crossland.

Selwyn Johnston, an independent, is also running for this seat.

[edit] External links

Australian Electoral Commission Electorate Boundary Map (PDF)

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