Electoral district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

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

Mulgrave Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Mulgrave 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1873–1888; 1950–present
MP	Terry James
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Mulgrave River
Electors	35,635 (2020)
Area	819 km2 (316.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
Coordinates	17°13′S 145°51′E
Electorates around Mulgrave: Barron River Cairns Coral Sea Cook Mulgrave Coral Sea Hill Hill Hill

Electoral map of Mulgrave 2008

The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns to Deer at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the town of Gordonvale. The electorate was first created for the 1950 election.

There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town of Bundaberg and was replaced by the new electoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887.^[1]

Members for Mulgrave

First incarnation (1873–1888)
Member		Party	Term
	Walter Scott	Squatter conservative	1873–1878
	Thomas McIlwraith	Conservative leader	1878–1886
	Walter Adams	Unaligned	1886–1888
Second incarnation (1950–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Bob Watson	Country	1950–1953
	Charles English	Labor	1953–1957
		Queensland Labor	1957
	Bob Watson	Country	1957–1959
	Carlisle Wordsworth	Country	1959–1960
	Roy Armstrong	Country	1960–1974
		National	1974–1980
	Max Menzel	National	1980–1989
	Warren Pitt	Labor	1989–1995
	Naomi Wilson	National	1995–1998
	Charles Rappolt	One Nation	1998
	Warren Pitt	Labor	1998–2009
	Curtis Pitt	Labor	2009–2024
	Terry James	Liberal National	2024–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mulgrave (Queensland)

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

2024 Queensland state election: Mulgrave^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Terry James	8,369	27.44	+1.74
	Labor	Richie Bates	7,384	24.21	−25.59
	Katter's Australian	Steven Lesina	4,934	16.18	+4.28
	One Nation	Michael McInnes	2,654	8.70	+2.30
	Independent	David Raymond	2,056	6.74	+6.74
	Legalise Cannabis	Nicholas Daniels	1,804	5.92	+5.92
	Greens	Peter Everett	1,289	4.23	−1.97
	Independent	Yodie Batzke	1,044	3.42	+3.42
	Family First	Leslie Searle	593	2.0	+2.0
	Independent	Ian Floyd	370	1.21	+1.21
Total formal votes			30,497	93.51
Informal votes			2,115	6.51
Turnout			32,612	81.75
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Terry James	16,066	52.68	+14.88
	Labor	Richie Bates	14,431	47.28	−14.88
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+14.88