Electoral district of Gympie

Gympie Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Gympie (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
Dates current:	1873–1950; 1960–present
MP:	David Gibson
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Gympie

Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona.

The seat is currently held by David Gibson of the Liberal National Party. Gibson defeated sitting member Elisa Roberts at the 2006 state election.

The district's most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who later became Prime Minister of Australia.

Members for Gympie

Single member electorate (1873–1888)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Lord	Unaligned	1873–1877
	James Kidgell	Unaligned	1877–1878
	John Hamilton	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	William Smyth	Unaligned	1883–1888

Dual member electorate (1888–1912)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Smyth	Unaligned	1888–1899		Matthew Mellor	Unaligned	1888–1893
					Andrew Fisher	Labor	1893–1896
					Jacob Stumm	Ministerialist	1896–1899
	George Ryland	Labor	1899–1912		Andrew Fisher	Labor	1899–1901
					Daniel Mulcahy	Labor	1901–1912

Single member electorate (1912–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	George Mackay	Ministerialist	1912–1915
	Thomas Dunstan	Labor	1915–1929
	Vivian Tozer	Country and Progressive National	1929–1935
	Thomas Dunstan	Labor	1935–1950

Single member electorate (1960–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Max Hodges	Country	1960–1975
		National	1975–1979
	Len Stephan	National	1979–2001
	Elisa Roberts	One Nation	2001–2002
		Independent	2002–2006
	David Gibson	National	2006–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gympie

Queensland state election, 2009: Gympie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	David Gibson	16,612	60.6	+14.7
	Labor	Daniel Tabone	4,013	14.6	+2.9
	Independent	Elisa Roberts	3,928	14.3	+5.3
	Greens	Kent Hutton	2,847	10.4	+1.8
Total formal votes			27,400	97.6
Informal votes			599	2.4
Turnout			27,999	92.1
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	David Gibson	18,057	77.2	+5.2
	Labor	Daniel Tabone	5,331	22.8	-5.2
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+5.2

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
• "Queensland State Electorates from 1860 to 2006". Queensland Parliament. http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/historical/documents/electionsReferendums/electoratelist.pdf.