Division of Dawson

Dawson Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Dawson in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1949
MP	George Christensen
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Anderson Dawson
Electors	103,654 (2016)
Area	14,945 km² (5,770.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Dawson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Anderson Dawson, the first Labor Premier of Queensland and leader of the first parliamentary socialist government anywhere in the world. It is located on the North Queensland coast, taking in the towns of Ayr, Bowen, Mackay, Proserpine and some south-eastern suburbs of the city of Townsville.

Apart from a period between 1966 to 1975 and 2007 to 2010, it has been held by the National Party. While Mackay, the largest city wholly within the electorate, is a longstanding Labor stronghold, it is not enough to overcome the region's overall conservative bent.

Members

	Party	Term
Charles Davidson	Country	1949–1963
George Shaw	Country	1963–1966
Rex Patterson	Labor	1966–1975
Ray Braithwaite	National	1975–1996
De-Anne Kelly	National	1996–2007
James Bidgood	Labor	2007–2010
George Christensen	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dawson

Australian federal election, 2016: Dawson^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	George Christensen	38,474	42.61	−3.62
	Labor	Frank Gilbert	29,608	32.79	+3.08
	Katter's Australian	Ash Dodd	5,904	6.54	−0.20
	Greens	Jonathon Dykyj	4,652	5.15	+0.13
	Independent	Steven Large	4,184	4.63	+4.63
	Glenn Lazarus Team	Michael Hall	4,075	4.51	+4.51
	Family First	Amanda Nickson	3,403	3.77	+1.87
Total formal votes			90,300	95.45	+0.30
Informal votes			4,309	4.55	−0.30
Turnout			94,609	91.27	−2.55
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	George Christensen	48,167	53.34	−4.24
	Labor	Frank Gilbert	42,133	46.66	+4.24
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−4.24

References

↑ Dawson, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Dawson (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

Blair Bonner Bowman Brisbane Capricornia Dawson Dickson Fadden Fairfax Fisher Flynn Forde Griffith Groom Herbert Hinkler Kennedy Leichhardt Lilley Longman Maranoa McPherson Moncrieff Moreton Oxley Petrie Rankin Ryan Wide Bay Wright Abolished: Darling Downs Oxley (1901–34)

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 20°12′14″S 148°00′11″E / 20.204°S 148.003°E / -20.204; 148.003

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