Division of Maranoa

Maranoa Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Maranoa in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	David Littleproud
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Maranoa River
Electors	105,043 (2019)
Area	729,897 km2 (281,814.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Maranoa is an Australian electoral division in Queensland.

History[]

The Maranoa River, the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It is named after the Maranoa River, which runs through the division. Located in the mostly rural southwestern portion of the state, towns located in Maranoa include Charleville, Cunnamulla, Dalby, Roma, Kingaroy, Stanthorpe, Winton and Warwick.

Maranoa is a comfortably safe seat for The Nationals; it was the first Queensland seat won by that party. Originally a safe Labor seat, it has been in National hands for all but three years since the 1921 by-election, and without interruption since 1943. Maranoa was taken by the then-Country Party in 1943 despite a landslide Labor victory nationally—one of only seven seats won by the Country Party. At the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, One Nation overtook Labor for second place after preferences were distributed.

Presently, Maranoa is the Coalition's safest seat; Littleproud sits on a majority of 22 percent against One Nation and 25 percent against Labor.

The seat was nicknamed the 'Kingdom of Maranoa' by John Howard after it returned the highest 'No' vote in the 1999 referendum on Australia becoming a republic. The seat's then MP put the result down to the electorate being "well informed".^[1]

Members[]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Jim Page (1861–1921)	Labor	30 March 1901 – 3 June 1921	Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Fisher and Hughes. Died in office
		James Hunter (1882–1968)	Country	30 July 1921 – 27 August 1940	Served as minister under Lyons. Retired
		Frank Baker (1873–1959)	Labor	21 September 1940 – 21 August 1943	Lost seat
		Charles Adermann (1896–1979)	Country	21 August 1943 – 10 December 1949	Transferred to the Division of Fisher
		Charles Russell (1907–1977)	Country	10 December 1949 – 7 October 1950	Previously held the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Dalby. Lost seat
			Independent	7 October 1950 – 28 April 1951
		Wilfred Brimblecombe (1898–1973)	Country	28 April 1951 – 31 October 1966	Retired
		James Corbett (1908–2005)	Country	26 November 1966 – 2 May 1975	Retired
			National Country	2 May 1975 – 19 September 1980
		Ian Cameron (1938–)	National Country	18 October 1980 – 16 October 1982	Retired
			Nationals	16 October 1982 – 19 February 1990
		Bruce Scott (1943–)	Nationals	24 March 1990 – 19 July 2010	Served as minister under Howard. Served as Deputy Speaker under Gillard, Rudd, Abbott and Turnbull. Retired
			Liberal Nationals	19 July 2010 – 9 May 2016
		David Littleproud (1976–)	Liberal Nationals	2 July 2016 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Election results[]

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Maranoa (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 25°48′25″S 144°43′05″E / 25.807°S 144.718°E / -25.807; 144.718