Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Leichhardt, Queensland
The Division of Leichhardt was created in 1949. It is named for Named for Ludwig Leichhardt (1813-48), explorer of Queensland.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Atherton, Cairns, Gordonvale, Mareeba
1955: Atherton, Cairns, Gordonvale, Innisfail
1969: Cairns, Gordonvale, Innisfail, Trinity
1977: Atherton, Cairns, Mareeba, Trinity
1984: Cairns, Cooktown, Innisfail, Mossman
1993: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Port Douglas
1996: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Port Douglas
1998: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Port Douglas
2004: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Trinity
2007: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Trinity
2010: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Trinity
2019: Cairns, Cooktown, Mossman, Trinity
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Country Party 01.7
1951: Labor 02.7
1954: Labor 03.2
1955: Labor 01.7
1958: Labor 06.2
1961: Labor 17.6
1963: Labor 08.5
1966: Labor 07.1
1969: Labor 13.5
1972: Labor 11.4
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1974: Labor 03.3
1975: Nationals 02.4
1977: Nationals 00.9
1980: Nationals 01.1
1983: Labor 02.1
1984: Labor 05.5
1987: Labor 04.3
1990: Labor 03.5
1993: Labor 01.3
1996: Liberal 04.2
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1998: Liberal 04.0
2001: Liberal 06.4
2004: Liberal 10.0
2007: Labor 04.0
2010: Liberal 04.6
2013: Liberal 05.7
2016: Liberal 04.0
2019: Liberal 04.2
2022: Liberal 03.4
2025: Labor 06.1
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
Click here to see full results for Leichhardt at every election since 1949.
MEMBERS FOR LEICHHARDT
Thomas Gilmore (CP) 1949-51
Hon Henry Bruce (ALP) 1951-58
Bill Fulton (ALP) 1958-75
Hon David Thomson (NCP, NPA) 1975-83
John Gayler (ALP) 1983-93
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Peter Dodd (ALP) 1993-96
Hon Warren Entsch (Lib) 1996-2007
Jim Turnour (ALP) 2007-10
Hon Warren Entsch (Lib) 2010-25
Matt Smith (ALP) 2025-
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| Thomas Gilmore (CP) 1949-51 |
Hon Henry Bruce (ALP) 1951-58 |
Bill Fulton (ALP) 1958-75 |
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| Hon David Thomson (NCP, NPA) 1975-83 |
John Gayler (ALP) 1983-93 |
Peter Dodd (ALP) 1993-96 |
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| Hon Warren Entsch (Lib) 1996-2007 |
Jim Turnour (ALP) 2007-10 |
Hon Warren Entsch (Lib) 2010-25 |
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| Matt Smith (ALP) 2025- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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