Electoral district of Cairns

Cairns Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Cairns (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Desley Boyle
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Cairns

Cairns is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland. Major locations include Bungalow, Manoora, Kanimbla, Earlville and Woree.

History

Created in 1888, Cairns has historically tended to be a safe Labor seat with a blue-collar economy based on sugar, mining and railways. However, in recent decades such industry has been surpassed in importance by tourism and service industries for wealthier retirees and has grown increasingly marginal.

Members for Cairns

Member		Party	Term
	Frederick Wimble	Liberal	1888–1890
		Opposition	1890–1893
	Thomas Joseph Byrnes	Ministerial	1893–1896
	Isidor Lissner	Ministerial	1896–1899
	Thomas Givens	Labor	1899–1902
	James Lyons	Conservative	1902–1904
	John Mann	Labor	1904–1907
		Kidston	1907–1909
		Independent Opposition	1909–1912
	William McCormack	Labor	1912–1930
	John O'Keefe	Labor	1930–1942
	Lou Barnes	Independent Labor	1942–1947
	Thomas Crowley	Labor	1947–1956
	Watty Wallace	Labor	1956–1964
	Ray Jones	Labor	1965–1983
	Keith De Lacy	Labor	1983–1998
	Desley Boyle	Labor	1998–2012

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Cairns

Queensland state election, 2009: Cairns
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Desley Boyle	12,309	45.8	-3.5
	Liberal National	Joel Harrop	10,689	39.8	+5.5
	Greens	Steve Brech	2,947	11.0	+2.8
	Family First	Janice Skipp	943	3.5	+3.5
Total formal votes			26,888	97.4
Informal votes			663	2.6
Turnout			27,551	86.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Desley Boyle	13,641	54.2	-3.8
	Liberal National	Joel Harrop	11,548	45.8	+3.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.8

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)