Keppel is an electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.[1]
Keppel Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1912-1960; 1992-present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Brittany Lauga | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Great Keppel Island | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 37,052 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 3,763 km2 (1,452.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°55′S 150°43′E / 22.917°S 150.717°E | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral district encompasses the central Queensland coast from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south to Shoalwater Bay to the north. Major communities located within this electorate include Yeppoon, Emu Park, Byfield and the Rockhampton suburbs of Parkhurst and Lakes Creek.
First incarnation (1912–1960) | ||||
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Member | Party | Term | ||
James Larcombe | Labor | 1912–1929 | ||
Owen Daniel | CPNP | 1929–1936 | ||
David Daniel | Country | 1936–1944 | ||
Walter Ingram | Labor | 1944–1952 | ||
Viv Cooper | Labor | 1952–1957 | ||
Queensland Labor | 1957 | |||
Merv Thackeray | Labor | 1957–1960 | ||
Second incarnation (1992–present) | ||||
Member | Party | Term | ||
Vince Lester | National | 1992–2004 | ||
Paul Hoolihan | Labor | 2004–2012 | ||
Bruce Young | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | ||
Brittany Lauga | Labor | 2015–present |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Brittany Lauga | 14,969 | 46.22 | +3.16 | |
Liberal National | Adrian de Groot | 9,576 | 29.57 | +4.67 | |
One Nation | Wade Rothery | 5,069 | 15.65 | −9.80 | |
Greens | Clancy Mullbrick | 1,291 | 3.99 | −2.61 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Jimmy Dockery | 862 | 2.66 | +2.66 | |
Informed Medical Options | Paula Ganfield | 430 | 1.33 | +1.33 | |
United Australia | Nikki Smeltz | 192 | 0.59 | +0.59 | |
Total formal votes | 32,389 | 97.08 | +0.52 | ||
Informal votes | 973 | 2.92 | −0.52 | ||
Turnout | 33,362 | 90.04 | −0.58 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brittany Lauga | 18,018 | 55.63 | −0.10 | |
Liberal National | Adrian de Groot | 14,371 | 44.37 | +0.10 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.10 |