Division of Wide Bay

Wide Bay Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Wide Bay (green) within Queensland
Created:	1900
MP:	Warren Truss
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Wide Bay, Queensland
Area:	14,573 km² (5,627 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Wide Bay is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Wide Bay is located in south east Queensland, and includes the cities of Maryborough, Gympie, Noosa, all of Fraser Island, and inland areas extending west to Murgon.

Notable representatives have included three time Prime Minister Andrew Fisher and Warren Truss, the leader of the National Party since December 2007.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Fisher	Labor	1901–1915
	Edward Corser	Commonwealth Liberal	1915–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1928
	Bernard Corser	Country	1928–1954
	William Brand	Country	1954–1958
	Henry Bandidt	Country	1958–1961
	Brendan Hansen	Labor	1961–1974
	Clarrie Millar	Country, National	1974–1990
	Warren Truss	National	1990–2010
		Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Wide Bay

Australian federal election, 2010: Wide Bay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Warren Truss	47,977	58.86	+10.25
	Labor	Nikolee Ansell	19,645	24.10	-6.87
	Greens	Jim McDonald	8,967	11.00	+2.96
	Family First	Ken Herschell	3,049	3.74	+0.29
	One Nation	Santo Ferraro	1,875	2.30	+1.09
Total formal votes			81,513	94.75	-1.25
Informal votes			4,519	5.25	+1.25
Turnout			86,032	92.87	-1.66
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Warren Truss	53,484	65.61	+7.22
	Labor	Nikolee Ansell	28,029	34.39	-7.22
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+7.22

References

• Division of Wide Bay (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission