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Division of Leichhardt, Queensland

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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

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

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

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

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-

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 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-

CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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2007

2010