Electoral district of Maryborough

For the Victorian electorate, see Electoral district of Maryborough (Victoria).

Maryborough Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Maryborough (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Chris Foley
Party:	Independent
Namesake:	Maryborough

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

The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough and takes in other surrounding communities.

Maryborough was first created for the 1865 election and has continued to exist as an electorate ever since. Between 1878 and 1912, the district elected two members.

Members for Maryborough

Single member electorate (1865–1878)
Member		Party	Term
	William Henry Walsh	Squatter conservative	1865–1873
	Berkeley Basil Moreton	Independent Liberal	1873–1875
	John Douglas	Independent Liberal	1875–1878

Dual member electorate (1878–1912)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	John Douglas	Independent Liberal	1878–1880		Henry Edward King	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	Henry Palmer	McIlwraith conservative	1880–1883
	John Hurley	Unaligned	1883–1884		Richard Bingham Sheridan	Liberal Party	1883–1888
	John Annear	Ministerialist	1884–1902
					Richard Hyne	Unaligned	1888–1893
					Charles Powers	Opposition	1893–1896
					John Bartholomew	Ministerialist	1896–1902
	Charles Barton	Labor	1902–1902		John Norman	Labor	1902–1907
	Henry Garde	Ministerialist	1902–1904
	William Mitchell	Labor	1904–1909
					John Adamson	Labor	1907–1909
	Charles Booker	Ministerialist	1909–1912		Edward Corser	Ministerialist	1909–1912

Single member electorate (1912–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Corser	Ministerialist	1912–1915
	Alfred Jones	Labor	1915–1917
	David Weir	Labor	1917–1929
	John Blackley	Country and Progressive National	1929–1932
	James Stopford	Labor	1932–1936
	William Demaine	Labor	1937–1938
	David Farrell	Labor	1938–1953
	Horace Davies	Labor	1953–1971
	Gilbert Alison	Liberal	1971–1977
	Brendan Hansen	Labor	1977–1983
	Gilbert Alison	National	1983–1989
	Bob Dollin	Labor	1989–1998
	John Kingston	One Nation	1998–1999
		Independent	1999–2003
	Chris Foley	Independent	2003–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Maryborough

Queensland state election, 2009: Maryborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Foley	14,119	47.7	-17.7
	Liberal National	Anne Maddern	7,633	25.8	+13.6
	Labor	Brad Hansen	6,744	22.8	+6.3
	Greens	David Arthur	1,120	3.8	-1.7
Total formal votes			29,616	97.9
Informal votes			590	2.1
Turnout			30,206	93.0
Two-candidate preferred result
	Independent	Chris Foley	16,586	66.8	-13.6
	Liberal National	Anne Maddern	8,232	33.2	+33.2
	Independent hold		Swing	-13.6

References

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930-1980 w.an outline of Queensland electorates 1859-1980 / D.B. Waterson and John Arnold

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)