Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Dawson, Queensland
The Division of Dawson was created in 1949. It is named for Hon Anderson Dawson (1863-1910), Qld MP 1893-1901, Premier 1899 (first Labor Premier), Senator 1901-06.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Mackay, Mirani, Proserpine, Rockhampton North
1955: Eidsvold, Mackay, Mirani, Pioneer
1969: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Mirani
1977: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Mirani
1984: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
1993: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
1996: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
1998: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
2004: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
2007: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
2010: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
2019: Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Country Party 08.6
1951: Country Party 06.3
1954: Country Party 05.6
1955: Country Party 11.2
1958: Country Party 18.9
1961: Country Party 07.9
1963: Country Party 06.4
1966b: Labor 05.1
1966: Labor 06.4
1969: Labor 14.1
1972: Labor 08.8
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1974: Labor 00.6
1975: Nationals 03.6
1977: Nationals 07.9
1980: Nationals 07.9
1983: Nationals 01.2
1984: Nationals 03.8
1987: Nationals 01.9
1990: Nationals 00.1
1993: Nationals 03.8
1996: Nationals 09.9
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1998: Nationals 04.4
2001: Nationals 08.0
2004: Nationals 10.4
2007: Labor 03.2
2010: Nationals 02.4
2013: Nationals 07.7
2016: Nationals 03.4
2019: Nationals 14.6
2022: Nationals 10.4
2025: Nationals 11.8
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
Click here to see full results for Dawson at every election since 1949.
MEMBERS FOR DAWSON
Hon Sir Charles Davidson (CP)
George Shaw (CP) 1963-66 1949-63
Hon Dr Rex Patterson (ALP) 1966b-75
Ray Braithwaite (NCP, NPA) 1975-96
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Hon De-Anne Kelly (NPA) 1996-2007
James Bidgood (ALP) 2007-10
George Christensen (Nat) 2010-22
Andrew Willcox (Nat) 2022-
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| Hon Sir Charles Davidson (CP) 1949-63 |
George Shaw (CP) 1963-66 |
Hon Dr Rex Patterson (ALP) 1966-75 |
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| Ray Braithwaite (NCP, NPA) 1975-96 |
Hon De-Anne Kelly (NPA) 1996-2007 |
James Bidgood (ALP) 2007-10 |
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| George Christensen (Nat) 2010-22 |
Andrew Willcox (Nat) 2022- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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