Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of McPherson, Queensland
The Division of McPherson was created in 1949. It is named for the McPherson Range, which was in the Division on its original boundaries (from Major Duncan McPherson, a friend of the explorer Cunningham). This is probably the most obscure of all the 229 Division names.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Beaudesert, Southport, Stanthorpe, Warwick
1955: Beaudesert, Coolangatta, Southport, Warwick
1969: Beenleigh, Coolangatta, Labrador, Surfers Paradise
1977: Labrador, Nerang, Southport, Surfers Paradise
1984: Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads, Collangatta, Surfers Paradise
1993: Broadbeach, Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin
1996: Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Palm Beach
1998: Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Palm Beach
2004: Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Merrimac
2007: Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Merrimac
2010: Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Merrimac
2019: Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Merrimac
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Country Party 24.2
1951: Country Party 24.9
1954: Country Party 15.3 *1
1955: Country Party 15.1
1958: Country Party 20.7
1961: Country Party 10.4
1963: Country Party 11.5
1966: Country Party 15.3
1969: Country Party 11.2
1972: Liberal 04.7
1974: Liberal 08.8
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1975: Liberal 16.4
1977: Liberal 16.3
1980: Liberal 03.6
1981b: Liberal 15.2 *2
1983: Liberal 10.3
1984: Liberal 13.5
1987: Liberal 12.6
1990: Liberal 11.0
1993: Liberal 09.1
1996: Liberal 17.0
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1998: Liberal 08.3
2001: Liberal 12.5
2004: Liberal 13.9
2007: Liberal 08.8
2010: Liberal 10.3
2013: Liberal 13.0
2016: Liberal 11.6
2019: Liberal 12.2
2022: Liberal 12.2
2025: Liberal 04.4
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*1 Majority over independent
*2 Majority over Nationals
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
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MEMBERS FOR McPHERSON
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Fadden (CP) 1949-58
Hon Charles Barnes (CP) 1958-72
Hon Eric Robinson (Lib) 1972-81
Peter White (Lib) 1981b-90
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John Bradford (Lib) 1990-98
Margaret May (Lib) 1998-2010
Hon Karen Andrews (Lib) 2010-25
Leon Rebello (Lib) 2025-
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| Rt Hon Sir Arthur Fadden (CP) 1949-58 |
Hon Charles Barnes (CP) 1958-72 |
Hon Eric Robinson (Lib) 1972-81 |
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| Peter White (Lib) 1981-90 |
John Bradford (Lib) 1990-98 |
Margaret May (Lib) 1998-2010 |
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| Hon Karen Andrews (Lib) 2010-25 |
Leon Rebello (Lib) 2025- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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