| Whitsunday Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Whitsunday 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Amanda Camm | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Whitsunday Island | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,824 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 4,898 km2 (1,891.1 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 20°35′S 149°2′E / 20.583°S 149.033°E | ||||||||||||||
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Whitsunday is an electoral division in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.[1]
It extends from the northern suburbs of Mackay to Bowen and Proserpine as well as east to the Whitsunday Islands.
| Member | Party affiliation | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Roberts | Country Party | 1950–1961 | |
| Ron Camm | Country | 1961–1974 | |
| National | 1974–1980 | ||
| Geoff Muntz | National | 1980–1989 | |
| Independent | 1989 | ||
| Lorraine Bird | Labor | 1989–1998 | |
| Harry Black | One Nation | 1998–1999 | |
| City Country Alliance | 1999–2001 | ||
| Jan Jarratt | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Jason Costigan | Liberal National | 2012–2019 | |
| Independent | 2019 | ||
| North Queensland First | 2019–2020 | ||
| Amanda Camm | Liberal National | 2020–present |
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Main article: Electoral results for the district of Whitsunday |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Amanda Camm | 9,592 | 32.85 | +0.69 | |
| Labor | Angie Kelly | 9,523 | 32.61 | +1.45 | |
| One Nation | Deb Lawson | 2,742 | 9.39 | −10.66 | |
| NQ First | Jason Costigan | 2,735 | 9.37 | +9.37 | |
| Katter's Australian | Ciaron Paterson | 1,803 | 6.17 | −2.98 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Paul Hilder | 1,417 | 4.85 | +4.85 | |
| Greens | Emma Barrett | 1,134 | 3.88 | −1.84 | |
| United Australia | Greg Armstrong | 255 | 0.87 | +0.87 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,201 | 96.33 | +0.36 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,114 | 3.67 | −0.36 | ||
| Turnout | 30,315 | 87.05 | +0.73 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Amanda Camm | 15,552 | 53.26 | +2.58 | |
| Labor | Angie Kelly | 13,649 | 46.74 | −2.58 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.58 | |||