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Mount Isa
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Mount Isa (2008—)
StateQueensland
MPRob Katter
PartyAustralian
NamesakeMount Isa
Electors19,119 (2015)
Area570,502 km2 (220,272.1 sq mi)

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

It is located in the outback of the far west of the state and covers an area of 570,502 sq kilometres.[1] As of the last State General Election (2015) it had 19,119 registered electors a decrease from 19,170 in 2009[2]

The district takes its name from the mining city of Mount Isa, which holds the great majority of the electorate's population. Most of the electorate is virtually unpopulated.

Members for Mount Isa

Member Party Term
  Alec Inch Labor 1972–1974
  Angelo Bertoni National 1974–1983
  Bill Price Labor 1983–1986
  Peter Beard Liberal 1986–1989
  Anthony McGrady Labor 1989–2006
  Betty Kiernan Labor 2006–2012
  Robbie Katter Australian 2012–present

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Mount Isa[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Katter's Australian Robbie Katter 7,468 46.77 +5.16
Liberal National John Wharton 4,646 29.09 −0.47
Labor Simon Tayler 2,899 18.15 −8.49
One Nation Scott Sheard 638 4.00 +4.00
Greens Marcus Foth 318 1.99 −0.18
Total formal votes 15,969 98.37 +0.01
Informal votes 264 1.63 −0.01
Turnout 16,233 83.59 −1.83
Two-candidate-preferred result
Katter's Australian Robbie Katter 9,304 65.19 +5.15
Liberal National John Wharton 4,968 34.81 −5.15
Katter's Australian hold Swing +5.15

References