Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Wide Bay, Queensland
The Division of Wide Bay was created in 1901. It is named for the shallow bay to the east of K'gari (Fraser island) (named by James Cook in 1770).
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour
1906: Gympie, Maryborough, Nambour, Nanango
1913: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Musgrave, Nanango
1922: Gympie, Maryborough, Nanango, Widgee
1934: Gympie, Maryborough, North Pine, Widgee
1949: Bundaberg, Childers, Maryborough, Pialba
1955: Bundaberg, Gayndah, Howard, Maryborough
1969: Bundaberg, Maryborough, Nanango, Wondai
1977: Bundaberg, Gympie, Maryborough, Widgee
1984: Gympie, Kingaroy, Maryborough, Nanango
1993: Gympie, Hervey Bay, Kingaroy, Maryborough
1996: Gympie, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Murgon
1998: Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Monto, Theodore
2004: Gympie, Hervey Bay, Maryborough, Wondai
2007: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin
2010: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin
2019: Gympie, Maryborough, Noosa, Tewantin
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Labor 05.4
1903: Labor 11.2
1906: Labor 04.5
1910: Labor 04.1
1913: Labor 05.6
1914: Labor 14.3 *
1915b: Liberal 00.2
1917: Nationalist 02.9
1919: Nationalist 04.3
1922: Nationalist 10.5
1925: Nationalist 14.5
1928b: Country Party unopposed
1928: Country Party unopposed
1929: Country Party 17.2
1931: Country Party unopposed
1934: Country Party 09.8
1937: Country Party 00.5 **
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1940: Country Party 08.9
1943: Country Party 06.5
1946: Country Party 15.1
1949: Country Party 14.3
1951: Country Party 06.9
1954: Country Party 04.2
1955: Country Party 05.2
1958: Country Party 04.3
1961: Labor 05.2
1963: Labor 07.3 18.0
1966: Labor 06.0 27.5
1969: Labor 05.8
1972: Labor 03.3
1974: Country Party 03.5
1975: Nationals 09.3
1977: Nationals 08.2
1980: Nationals 04.4
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1983: Nationals 03.9
1984: Nationals 11.8
1987: Nationals 08.8
1990: Nationals 04.9
1993: Nationals 09.7
1996: Nationals 18.5
1998: Nationals 02.9
2001: Nationals 10.7
2004: Nationals 12.9
2007: Nationals 08.5
2010: Nationals 15.6
2013: Nationals 13.2
2016: Nationals 08.1
2019: Nationals 13.1
2022: Nationals 11.3
2025: Nationals 07.6
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* Majority over independent
** Majority over Social Credit
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Wide Bay at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR WIDE BAY
Rt Hon Andrew Fisher (Lab, ALP) 1901-15
Edward Corser (Lib, Nat) 1915b-28
Bernard Corser (CP) 1928-54
William Brand (CP) 1954-58
Henry Bandidt (CP) 1958-61
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Brendan Hansen (ALP) 1961-74
Clarrie Millar (CP, NCP, NPA) 1974-90
Hon Warren Truss (NPA) 1990-2016
Llew O'Brien (Nat) 2016-
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Rt Hon Andrew Fisher (Lab, ALP)
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Edward Corser (Lib, Nat) 1915-28 |
Bernard Corser (CP) 1928-54 |
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| William Brand (CP) 1954-58 |
Henry Bandidt (CP) 1958-61 |
Brendan Hansen (ALP) 1961-74 |
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| Clarrie Millar (CP, NCP, NPA) 1974-90 |
Hon Warren Truss (NPA) 1990-2016 |
Llew O'Brien (Nat) 2016- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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