Electoral district of Mackay

Mackay Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Mackay (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Tim Mulherin
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Mackay

Mackay is a Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral district in North Queensland, Australia, encompassing the inner suburbs of the city of Mackay. Outer suburbs of the city are included in the neighbouring electorates of Mirani and Whitsunday.

Mackay has been a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party since 1915, when it was won by William Forgan Smith, who served as Premier of Queensland from 1932 to 1942. He retired undefeated in 1942 and was replaced by long-serving backbencher Fred Graham. Graham retired in 1969, and was succeeded by Ed Casey. Casey went to lose Labor preselection in 1972, but recontested and won as an independent, and did so again in 1975 before being readmitted to the party in 1977. He subsequently served as Labor leader from 1978 to 1982, and later as a minister in the Goss Labor government. He was succeeded upon his retirement by current MLA Tim Mulherin, who has been comfortably re-elected ever since, winning with more than 60% of the vote in 2006.

Member for Mackay

First incarnation (1878–1888, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Francis Amhurst	Unaligned	1878–1881
	Maurice Hume Black	Unaligned	1881–1888
Second incarnation (1888–1912, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	Maurice Hume Black	Unaligned	1888–1893
	David Dalrymple	Ministeralist	1888–1904
	James Chataway	Ministeralist	1893–1901
	Walter Paget	Ministeralist/Opposition	1901–1912
	Albert Fudge	Labor	1904–1907
	Edward Swayne	Opposition	1907–1912
Third incarnation (1912–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Paget	Ministeralist/Opposition	1912–1915
	William Forgan Smith	Labor	1915–1942
	Fred Graham	Labor	1943–1969
	Ed Casey	Labor	1969–1972
		Independent	1972–1977
		Labor	1977–1995
	Tim Mulherin	Labor	1995–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mackay

Queensland state election, 2009: Mackay
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tim Mulherin	16,273	61.4	-0.2
	Liberal National	Bob Oakes	8,003	30.2	+1.4
	Greens	Jonathon Dykyj	2,244	8.5	+2.4
Total formal votes			26,520	97.5
Informal votes			617	2.5
Turnout			27,137	90.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Tim Mulherin	16,892	66.7	-0.5
	Liberal National	Bob Oakes	8,426	33.3	+0.5
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.5

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)