Electoral district of Barron River

Barron River Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Barron River (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
Dates current:	1972–present
MP:	Steve Wettenhall
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	T C Barron, police clerk

Barron River is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

Created at the 1971 redistribution, it currently covers the northern suburbs of Cairns, as well as Kuranda. The Barron River from which the electorate derives its name runs through its centre. It is bordered by the districts of Cook to the north and west, Cairns to the southeast and Mulgrave to the south.

The electorate is currently held by Steve Wettenhall of the Australian Labor Party.

Members for Barron River

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Wood	Labor	1972–1974
	Martin Tenni	National	1974–1989
	Lesley Clark	Labor	1989–1995
	Lyn Warwick	Liberal	1995–1998
	Lesley Clark	Labor	1998–2006
	Steve Wettenhall	Labor	2006–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Barron River

Queensland state election, 2009: Barron River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Wendy Richardson	12,025	43.8	+8.6
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	11,864	43.2	+1.9
	Greens	Sarah Isaacs	3,545	12.9	−0.8
Total formal votes			27,434	97.1
Informal votes			689	2.9
Turnout			28,123	89.6
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Steve Wettenhall	13,742	52.3	−2.4
	Liberal National	Wendy Richardson	12,522	47.7	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.4

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)