Electoral district of Barron River


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Barron River is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

Barron River
Queensland—Legislative Assembly

Map of the electoral district of Barron River, 2017

StateQueensland
Dates current1972–present
MPCraig Crawford
PartyLabor
NamesakeBarron River
Electors37,492 (2020)
Area568 km2 (219.3 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates16°51′S 145°44′E / 16.850°S 145.733°E
Electorates around Barron River:
Cook Cook Coral Sea
Cook Barron River Cairns
Cook Mulgrave Mulgrave
2008 Electoral map

Created at the 1971 redistribution, it currently covers the northern suburbs of Cairns, as well as Kuranda. The Barron River from which the electorate derives its name runs through its centre. It is bordered by the districts of Cook to the north and west, Cairns to the southeast and Mulgrave to the south.

Members for Barron River

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Member Party Term
  Bill Wood Labor 1972–1974
  Martin Tenni National 1974–1989
  Lesley Clark Labor 1989–1995
  Lyn Warwick Liberal 1995–1998
  Lesley Clark Labor 1998–2006
  Steve Wettenhall Labor 2006–2012
  Michael Trout Liberal National 2012–2015
  Craig Crawford Labor 2015–present

Primary vote results in Barron River (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal National

  Liberal

  Country/National

  Greens

  One Nation

  Katter's Australian

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Independent

  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. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Barron River – District Summary, ECQ.