Electoral district of Carpentaria

Carpentaria was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland, Australia.^[1]

Carpentaria Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State	Queensland
Dates current	1888–1912,1932–1960
Demographic	Rural

History

Carpentaria was created by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887, taking effect at the 1888 elections.^[1] It was based in far northern Queensland.^[1]

Carpentaria was abolished at the 1912 elections, split into Electoral district of Burke and Electoral district of Cook.^[1] Carpentaria was recreated at the 1932 elections, replacing Flinders.

Members

The following people were elected in the seat of Carpentaria:^[1][2]

First incarnation 1888–1912
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Palmer	none	1888–1893
	George Phillips	none	1893–1896
	George Charles Sim	Labor	1896–1899
	James Forsyth	Ministerial	1899–1907
	Thomas Nevitt	Labor	1907–1912

Second incarnation 1932–1960
Member		Party	Term
	John Mullan	Labor	1932–1941
	Norm Smith	Labor	1941–1957
		QLP	1957–1960

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Carpentaria

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name