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| Capricornia Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Kirsten Livermore |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Capricornia, Queensland |
| Electors: | 92,707 |
| Area: | 92,889 km² (35,864.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Provincial |
The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the Division. It is located on the central Queensland coast and its centre has always been the city of Rockhampton. On its current boundaries it also includes the towns of Mt Morgan and Yeppoon.
The first election saw Alexander Paterson, with 51% of votes, narrowly elected over the ALP candidate Wallace Nelson. For most of its subsequent history it has been a fairly safe seat for the ALP.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Paterson | Independent | 1901—1903 | |
| David Thomson | Labor | 1903—1906 | |
| Edward Archer | Anti-Socialist | 1906—1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909—1910 | ||
| William Higgs | Labor | 1910—1920 | |
| Independent | 1920—1920 | ||
| Nationalist | 1920—1922 | ||
| Frank Forde | Labor | 1922—1946 | |
| Charles Davidson | Liberal | 1946—1949 | |
| Henry Pearce | Liberal | 1949—1961 | |
| George Gray | Labor | 1961—1967 | |
| Doug Everingham | Labor | 1967—1975 | |
| Colin Carige | National | 1975—1977 | |
| Doug Everingham | Labor | 1977—1984 | |
| Keith Wright | Labor | 1984—1993 | |
| Independent | 1993—1993 | ||
| Marjorie Henzell | Labor | 1993—1996 | |
| Paul Marek | National | 1996—1998 | |
| Kirsten Livermore | Labor | 1998—present | |
| Australian federal election, 2007: Capricornia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kirsten Livermore | 47,508 | 55.84 | +9.89 | |
| National | Robert Mills | 15,664 | 18.41 | -10.99 | |
| Liberal | Scott Kilpatrick | 15,416 | 18.12 | +6.96 | |
| Greens | Paul Bambrick | 2,481 | 2.92 | +0.67 | |
| Independent | Bob Oakes | 1,859 | 2.19 | +2.19 | |
| Family First | Jon Eaton | 1,508 | 1.77 | -2.13 | |
| Democrats | Anton Prange | 422 | 0.50 | -0.87 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Bill Ingrey | 222 | 0.26 | -0.52 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,080 | 96.64 | +1.16 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,960 | 3.36 | -1.16 | ||
| Turnout | 88,040 | 94.97 | -0.79 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Kirsten Livermore | 53,355 | 62.71 | +8.70 | |
| National | Robert Mills | 31,725 | 37.29 | -8.70 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +8.70 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Capricornia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Kirsten Livermore | 38,984 | 47.21 | +0.07 | |
| National | John Lever | 22,719 | 27.51 | +3.14 | |
| Liberal | Di Kuntschik | 10,938 | 13.25 | -1.27 | |
| Family First | Alan J Spackman | 3,424 | 4.15 | +4.15 | |
| One Nation | Larry H Coleman | 2,575 | 3.12 | -4.81 | |
| Greens | Michael Kane | 1,690 | 2.05 | +0.54 | |
| Democrats | Naomi Johns | 1,185 | 1.44 | -0.47 | |
| HEMP | Judy Canales | 787 | 0.95 | +0.95 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Bill Ingrey | 273 | 0.33 | -0.52 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,575 | 95.75 | -0.10 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,664 | 4.25 | +0.10 | ||
| Turnout | 86,239 | 94.74 | -1.79 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Kirsten Livermore | 45,531 | 55.14 | -0.38 | |
| National | John Lever | 37,044 | 44.48 | +0.38 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -0.38 | |||
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