Traeger
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Traeger, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2017–present
MPRobbie Katter
PartyKatter's Australian
NamesakeAlfred Traeger
Electors26,386 (2020)
Area428,911 km2 (165,603.5 sq mi)
DemographicRemote and rural
Coordinates19°49′57″S 142°38′52″E / 19.8326°S 142.6477°E / -19.8326; 142.6477
Electorates around Traeger:
Gulf of Carpentaria Gulf of Carpentaria Cook
Hill
Northern Territory Traeger Hinchinbrook
Thuringowa
Northern Territory Gregory Burdekin

Traeger is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was named after Alfred Traeger, inventor of the pedal-powered radio, which was a significant contribution to people living in remote and rural communities in Queensland, such as those within Traeger.[1]

It takes in most of the urbanised portions of the abolished districts of Mount Isa and Dalrymple. It includes the local government areas of Burke, Doomadgee, Carpentaria, Croydon, Etheridge, Charters Towers, Mount Isa, Cloncurry, McKinlay, Richmond and Flinders.[1]

From results of the previous 2015 election, Traeger was estimated to be a safe seat for the Katter's Australian Party with a margin of 16.1%.[2]

Robbie Katter, the last member for Mount Isa and the Queensland leader of Katter's Australian Party, opted to follow most of his constituents into Traeger. He won the seat with an increased majority.

Members for Traeger

Member Party Term
  Robbie Katter Katter's Australian 2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Traeger
2020 Queensland state election: Traeger[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Katter's Australian Robbie Katter 12,047 58.85 −7.37
Labor James Bambrick 4,219 20.61 +4.02
Liberal National Marnie Smith 3,284 16.04 +5.99
Greens Kristian Horvath 460 2.25 +0.10
Independent Craig Scriven 277 1.35 −0.31
United Australia Phillip Collins 182 0.89 +0.89
Total formal votes 20,469 97.00 +0.95
Informal votes 633 3.00 −0.95
Turnout 21,102 79.97 −2.07
Notional two-party-preferred count[a]
Liberal National Marnie Smith 51.20
Labor James Bambrick 48.80
Two-candidate-preferred result
Katter's Australian Robbie Katter 15,295 74.72 −3.77
Labor James Bambrick 5,174 25.28 +3.77
Katter's Australian hold Swing −3.77

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ 2020 State General Election – Traeger – District Summary, ECQ.
  4. ^ https://antonygreen.com.au/analysis-of-the-2020-queensland-election-result/

Notes

  1. ^ Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green.[4]
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