Maranoa - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results (original) (raw)

Mallee | Maribyrnong

Southern Outback

Very Safe LNP 22.3%

MP

The retiring National MP is Bruce Scott, having represented this vast electorates since 1990.

Profile

Maranoa is a southern outback seat extending from Warwick, Dalby and Kingaroy in the east, through to the Northern Territory border in the west. Major centres include Roma, Charleville, Goondiwindi, Cunnamulla, Barcaldine, Winton, Longreach, Thargomindah and Birdsville. Covers 731,297 sq.km or 42% of the state, an area more than three times the size of Victoria. (Map)

Background

In existence since Federation, Maranoa has been held by the Country/National Party since 1943. Maranoa takes its name from a local river.

The electorate includes Barnaby Joyce's former base in St George, but Joyce was not prepared to challenge for party selection in 2013 when current MP Bruce Scott announced he would be re-contesting. Joyce eventually crossed south of the border and won the neighbouring NSW seat of New England at the 2013 election.

Past Election Results

Year Winning Party 1972 CP 1974 CP 1975 CP 1977 CP 1980 CP 1983 NAT 1984 NAT 1987 NAT 1990 NAT 1993 NAT 1996 NAT 1998 NAT 2001 NAT 2004 NAT 2007 NAT 2010 NAT 2013 NAT

Coloured tab indicates seat won by a party forming government

2016 Ballot Paper (8 Candidates)

Dave Kerrigan

Australian Labor Party

Kerrigan was born in Longreach and has lived in Barcaldine for the past 32 years. After leaving school he worked in the shearing industry for many years before starting work with Queensland Health. Kerrigan has held many roles, including an Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Councillor, and is currently an Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Co-ordinator as part of a Mental Health team.

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Myfanwy Schenk

Family First

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Katherine Hompes

The Greens

Hompes has strong ties to Western Queensland, from family in Roma and Eromanga, to living in Quilpie and Mt Isa as a teenager. Katherine has a background in administration and management, and currently combines parenting with studying law at the University of Southern Queensland.

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Luke Arbuckle

CountryMinded

Arbuckle grew up on his family's farm between St George & Goondiwindi in Queensland and graduated from UQ Gatton with a Bachelor of Agribusiess and has furthered his studies in the USA. Since his father's death in 2009 he has managed the family-run enterprise comprising dry land cropping and beef cattle. He has also been involved in rural lobbying and representation at both the State and Federal levels through his involvement with Agforce and Grain Producers Australia.

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Rick Gurnett

Katter's Australian Party

Gurnett describes himself as being descended from a long line of pioneers and has worked in small business and agriculture in Maranoa for close to four decades.

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David Littleproud

Liberal National Party of Queensland

Littleproud was educated at Chinchilla State High before finishing his secondary education at Toowoomba Grammar School. Over the last 20 years he has built a career in agribusiness while living and working in the local area. He has most recently been employed as Suncorp's Regional Agribusiness Manager for South West Queensland. Since 2012, Littleproud and his wife have been the proprietors of a rental goods store in Warwick servicing the Southern Downs. His father Brian was state National MP for Condamine then Western Downs between 1983 and 2001, serving two periods as a senior minister.

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Lynette Keehn

Pauline Hanson's One Nation

Keehn lives in Jandowae but was originally from country Victoria. She moved to Queensland in 1987 and settled in the Ipswich area with her family. Her working life has seen her complete a traineeship as a Control Operator at a Bio Refinery for renewable fuel and it was during this role that she took a keen interest in the Laboratory side of the process, progressing to become a Chemical Analyst. She has most recently worked for a reputable RFID cattle reader company but their office relocation to Brisbane saw her job become redundant.

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2013 Result