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Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Capricornia, Queensland
The Division of Capricornia was created in 1901. It is named for the Capricornia region of Queensland (the Tropic of Capricorn runs through Gracemere, south of Rockhampton).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Musgrave, Rockhampton
1906: Bundaberg, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton
1913: Clermont, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton
1922: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton
1934: Bundaberg, Fitzroy, Gladstone, Rockhampton
1949: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton
1955: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton
1969: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Archer, Rockhampton
1977: Fitzroy, Gladstone, Mt Archer, Rockhampton
1984: Biloela, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton, Yeppoon
1993: Clermont, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton, Yeppoon
1996: Clermont, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton, Yeppoon
1998: Clermont, Longreach, Rockhampton, Yeppoon
2004: Clermont, Rockhampton, Theodore, Yeppoon
2007: Clermont, Mt Morgan, Rockhampton, Yeppoon
2010: Clermont, Rockhampton, Sarina, Yeppoon
2019: Clermont, Rockhampton, Sarina, Yeppoon
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Independent 01.0
1903: Labor 09.6
1906: Anti-Socialist 05.6
1910: Labor 06.8
1913: Labor 14.1
1914: Labor 17.4
1917: Labor 02.3
1919: Labor 02.8
1922: Labor 02.5
1925: Labor 01.9
1928: Labor 02.5
1929: Labor 03.4
1931: Labor 08.8
1934: Labor 10.3
1937: Labor 06.2
1940: Labor 08.7
1943: Labor 05.9
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1946: Liberal 02.9
1949: Liberal 02.3
1951: Liberal 01.9
1954: Liberal 05.1
1955: Liberal 04.0
1958: Liberal 05.7
1961: Labor 05.0
1963: Labor 07.7
1966: Labor 04.9
1967b: Labor 06.0
1969: Labor 13.7
1972: Labor 08.2
1974: Labor 04.9
1975: Nationals 00.1
1977: Labor 01.2
1980: Labor 04.3
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1983: Labor 09.9
1984: Labor 04.2
1987: Labor 07.1
1990: Labor 07.4
1993: Labor 02.7
1996: Nationals 03.6
1998: Labor 05.3
2001: Labor 06.9
2004: Labor 05.1
2007: Labor 12.7
2010: Labor 03.7
2013: Nationals 00.8
2016: Nationals 00.6
2019: Nationals 12.4
2022: Nationals 06.6
2025: Nationals 05.8
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Capricornia at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR CAPRICORNIA
Alexander Paterson (Ind) 1901-03
David Thomson (ALP) 1903-06
Edward Archer (AS, Lib) 1906-10
Hon William Higgs (ALP, Nat) 1910-22
Rt Hon Frank Forde (ALP) 1922-46
Charles Davidson (Lib) 1946-49
Henry Pearce (Lib) 1949-61
George Gray (ALP) 1961-67
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Hon Dr Doug Everingham (ALP) 1967b-75
Colin Carige (NCP) 1975-77
Hon Dr Doug Everingham (ALP) 1977-84
Keith Wright (ALP, Ind) 1984-93
Marjorie Henzell (ALP) 1993-96
Paul Marek (NPA) 1996-98
Kirsten Livermore (ALP) 1998-2013
Hon Michelle Landry (Nat) 2013-
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| Alexander Paterson (Ind) 1901-03 |
David Thomson (ALP) 1903-06 |
Edward Archer (AS, Lib) 1906-10 |
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| Hon William Higgs (ALP, Nat) 1910-22 |
Rt Hon Frank Forde (ALP) 1922-46 |
Charles Davidson (Lib) 1946-49 |
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| Henry Pearce (Lib) 1949-61 |
George Gray (ALP) 1961-67 |
Hon Dr Doug Everingham (ALP) 1967-75 |
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| Colin Carige (NCP) 1975-77 |
Hon Dr Doug Everingham (ALP) 1977-84 |
Keith Wright (ALP, Ind) 1984-93 |
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| Marjorie Henzell (ALP) 1993-96 |
Paul Marek (NPA) 1996-98 |
Kirsten Livermore (ALP) 1998-2013 |
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| Hon Michelle Landry (Nat) 2013- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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