| Kennedy Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Bob Katter |
| Party: | Independent |
| Namesake: | Edmund Kennedy |
| Electors: | 91,865 |
| Area: | 564,968 km² (218,135. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian federal politician Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Edmund Besley Court Kennedy (5 September 1818 &ndash 1848 was an explorer in Australia in the mid nineteenth century. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Kennedy is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent The division was first proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Background Following the federation of 1856 - New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria 1857 - South Australia
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About the electorate
The division is named after Edmund Kennedy, an explorer in the area where the division is located in Queensland. Edmund Besley Court Kennedy (5 September 1818 &ndash 1848 was an explorer in Australia in the mid nineteenth century.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Charles McDonald | Labor | 1901—1925 | |
| Grosvenor Francis | Nationalist | 1925—1929 | |
| Darby Riordan | Labor | 1929—1936 | |
| Bill Riordan | Labor | 1936—1966 | |
| Bob Katter, senior | Country, National | 1966—1990 | |
| Rob Hulls | Labor | 1990—1993 | |
| Bob Katter | National | 1993—2001 | |
| Independent | 2001—present | ||
Election results
Billboard for the 2007 election at Woodstock
| Australian federal election, 2007: Kennedy | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Bob Katter | 32,537 | 39. Charles McDonald ( 25 August, 1860 – 13 November, 1925) was an Australian politician who served as Speaker of the Australian House Background Following the federation of 1856 - New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria 1857 - South Australia Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Grosvenor Arundell Francis ( 14 August 1873 – 30 November 1944) was an Australian politician Stanleybrucejpg|right|150px|thumb| Stanley Bruce, Nationalist Prime Minister of Australia 1923-1929]] The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David "Darby" Riordan (1888 – 15 October 1936) was an Australian politician Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. William James Frederick "Bill" Riordan CBE ( 8 February 1908 – 15 January 1973) was an Australian politician Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Honourable Robert Cummin Katter ( 5 September 1918 – 18 March 1990) was an Australian politician and Minister for the Army The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Issues The new Prime Minister Harold Holt was stylish debonair and popular with the electorate Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Hon Robert Justin Hulls (born January 23, 1957) is the Deputy Premier of Victoria. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian federal politician The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November, 2001. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Woodstock is a small rural community and suburb 40km west in the Rural area of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian federal politician 53 | -0. 23 | |
| Labor | Alan Neilan | 23,122 | 28. 09 | +4. 13 | |
| National | Ed Morrison | 20,292 | 24. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 65 | +1. 17 | |
| Greens | Frank Reilly | 2,649 | 3. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 22 | -0. 31 | |
| Family First | Keith Douglas | 1,674 | 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 03 | -1. 12 | |
| One Nation | Bill Hankin | 1,441 | 1. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 75 | -2. 71 | |
| Democrats | Nigel Asplin | 604 | 0. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 73 | +0. 03 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,319 | 96. 16 | +0. 62 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,291 | 3. 84 | -0. 62 | ||
| Turnout | 85,610 | 93. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 37 | -0. 26 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Independent | Bob Katter | 54,571 | 66. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian federal politician 29 | -2. 54 | |
| Labor | Alan Neilan | 27,748 | 33. 71 | +2. 54 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | -2. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 54 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Kennedy | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Bob Katter | 32,688 | 40. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian federal politician 13 | -3. 22 | |
| National | James Doyle | 19,413 | 23. The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 83 | +10. 76 | |
| Labor | Alan Neilan | 19,296 | 23. 69 | -0. 49 | |
| One Nation | Bill Hankin | 3,698 | 4. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 54 | -5. 39 | |
| Greens | Angela Jones | 2,879 | 3. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 53 | +1. 40 | |
| Family First | Keith Douglas | 2,592 | 3. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 18 | +3. 18 | |
| Democrats | Terry Hennessey | 575 | 0. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 71 | -2. 28 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Judith A Harris | 316 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 39 | +0. 11 | |
| Total formal votes | 81,457 | 95. 56 | +0. 29 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,782 | 4. 44 | -0. 29 | ||
| Turnout | 85,239 | 92. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 56 | -2. 79 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Independent | Bob Katter | 56,109 | 68. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Robert Carl "Bob" Katter (born 22 May 1945) is an Australian federal politician 88 | -0. 30 | |
| Labor | Alan Neilan | 25,348 | 31. 12 | +0. 30 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | -0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 30 | |||
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