2001 Profile of the division of Leichhardt

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State:

Queensland

Name Derivation:

Named after Friedrich Leichhardt (1813–1848), explorer and scientist, who disappeared while attempting to cross the continent in 1848.

Area and Location Description:

It covers an area of approximately 150 236 sq km from the Torres Strait Islands in the north to Edmonton in the south.

The main towns include Cairns, Coen, Cooktown, Edmonton, Kuranda, Mossman, Port Douglas, Thursday Island and Weipa.

Products/Industries of the area:

Sugar, cattle, fishing, bauxite mining, ship-building and tourism.

First Proclaimed/Election

1949

Members

Warren Entsch (LP) 1996–

P G Dodd (ALP) 1993–96

J Gayler (ALP) 1983–93

D S Thomson (NCP/NP) 1975–83

W J Fulton (ALP) 1958–75

H A Bruce (ALP) 1951–58

T V Gilmore (CP) 1949–51

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AEC – Divisional Office Contact Numbers and Addresses

Demographic Rating

Rural

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 80 711 Informal Vote: 3.96% Turnout: 91.97% Seat Status: Marginal Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 45.95% LP: 54.05%	Enrolment: 80 727 Informal Vote: Republic Question 0.80% Preamble Question 0.84% Turnout: Republic Question 92.28% Preamble Question 92.23%	Enrolment: 85 689 Informal Vote: 5.92% Turnout: 92.13% Seat Status: Fairly Safe Liberal Two Party Preferred: ALP: 43.61% LP: 56.39%