Electoral district of Barron River

Barron River is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

Barron River Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Barron River, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1972–present
MP	Bree James
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Barron River
Electors	37,492 (2020)
Area	568 km2 (219.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	16°51′S 145°44′E
Electorates around Barron River: Cook Cook Coral Sea Cook Barron River Cairns Cook Mulgrave Mulgrave

2008 electoral map

Created at the 1971 redistribution, it currently covers the northern suburbs of Cairns, as well as Kuranda. The Barron River from which the electorate derives its name runs through its centre. It is bordered by the districts of Cook to the north and west, Cairns to the southeast and Mulgrave to the south.

Members for Barron River

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Wood	Labor	1972–1974
	Martin Tenni	National	1974–1989
	Lesley Clark	Labor	1989–1995
	Lyn Warwick	Liberal	1995–1998
	Lesley Clark	Labor	1998–2006
	Steve Wettenhall	Labor	2006–2012
	Michael Trout	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Craig Crawford	Labor	2015–2024
	Bree James	Liberal National	2024–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Barron River

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Barron River.[edit]

2024 Queensland state election: Barron River^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Bree James	13,612	39.72	+1.12
	Labor	Craig Crawford	11,208	32.71	−6.79
	Greens	Denise Crew	3,564	10.40	−2.70
	One Nation	Peter Eicens	3,032	8.85	+2.95
	Katter's Australian	Ben Campbell	2,851	8.32	+8.32
Total formal votes			34,267	95.95	−0.79
Informal votes			1,448	4.05	+0.79
Turnout			35,715	86.23	−0.30
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Bree James	18,403	53.70	+6.76
	Labor	Craig Crawford	15,864	46.30	−6.76
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+6.76

Primary vote results in Barron River (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Labor

  Liberal National

  Liberal

  Country/National

  Greens

  One Nation

  Katter's Australian

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Barron River