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The district of Maryborough is an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

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of the Legislative Assembly

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in the Australia

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n state of Queensland

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The district is centred on the regional city of Maryborough

Maryborough, Queensland

Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...

and takes in other surrounding communities.

Maryborough was first created for the 1865 election and has continued to exist as an electorate ever since. Between 1878 and 1912, the district elected two members.

Members for Maryborough

Single member electorate (1865–1878)
Member		Party	Term
	William Henry Walsh William Henry Walsh William Henry Walsh Queensland squatter and politician. Member of New South Wales' Legislative Assembly 1859-1860, member of Queensland's Legislative Assembly from 1865–1878 and Queensland’s Legislative Council from 1879-1888...	Squatter conservative	1865–1873
	Berkeley Basil Moreton	Independent Liberal	1873–1875
	John Douglas John Douglas (Queensland politician) John Douglas CMG was an Anglo-Australian politician and Premier of Queensland.Douglas was born in London, the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwarth...	Independent Liberal	1875–1878

Dual member electorate (1878–1912)
Member		Party	Term	John Douglas John Douglas (Queensland politician) John Douglas CMG was an Anglo-Australian politician and Premier of Queensland.Douglas was born in London, the seventh son of Henry Alexander Douglas and his wife Elizabeth Dalzell, daughter of the Earl of Carnwarth...	Independent Liberal	1878–1880		Henry Edward King	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	Henry Palmer	McIlwraith conservative	1880–1883					Henry Edward King	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	John Hurley John Hurley Cornelius John Hurley was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 109 days in 1946-7. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party.-Early life:...	Unaligned	1883–1884		Richard Bingham Sheridan	Liberal Party	1883–1888
	John Annear John Annear (politician) John Thomas Annear was an Australian politician. He was the member for Maryborough in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1884 to 1902 and a member of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1902 until his death in 1910. Annear was buried in Toowong Cemetery....	Ministerialist	1884–1902		Richard Bingham Sheridan	Liberal Party	1883–1888
					Richard Hyne	Unaligned	1888–1893
					Charles Powers Charles Powers Sir Charles Powers KCMG , Australian politician and judge, was a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1913 to 1929....	Opposition	1893–1896
					John Bartholomew John Bartholomew (Australian politician) John Bartholomew was an Australian politician. He was the Ministerialist member for Maryborough in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1896 to 1902....	Ministerialist	1896–1902
	Charles Barton	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1902–1902		John Norman	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1902–1907
	Henry Garde	Ministerialist	1902–1904
	William Mitchell	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1904–1909
	William Mitchell		1904–1909		John Adamson John Adamson (Australian politician) John Adamson was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Durham, he received a primary education before becoming a shoemaker, blacksmith and lay preacher. He migrated to Australia in 1878, becoming a Methodist minister in Queensland...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1907–1909
	Charles Booker	Ministerialist	1909–1912		Edward Corser Edward Corser Edward Bernard Cresset Corser was an Australian politician. Born in Birmingham, England, he was educated at Worcester and migrated to Australia in 1864. He was a sugar worker and bank officer in Maryborough in Queensland, eventually becoming a businessman. In 1909, he was elected to the Queensland...	Ministerialist	1909–1912

Single member electorate (1912–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Edward Corser Edward Corser Edward Bernard Cresset Corser was an Australian politician. Born in Birmingham, England, he was educated at Worcester and migrated to Australia in 1864. He was a sugar worker and bank officer in Maryborough in Queensland, eventually becoming a businessman. In 1909, he was elected to the Queensland...	Ministerialist	1912–1915
	Alfred Jones	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1915–1917
	David Weir	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1917–1929
	John Blackley	Country and Progressive National Country and Progressive National Party The Country and Progressive National Party was a short-lived conservative political party in the Australian state of Queensland.-History:It was created in 1925 as the result of a merger between the state's two conservative parties, the United Party and the Country Party, in an attempt to end...	1929–1932
	James Stopford	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1932–1936
	William Demaine	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1937–1938
	David Farrell	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1938–1953
	Horace Davies	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1953–1971
	Gilbert Alison Gilbert Alison Gilbert Alison is an Australian politician. He served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Maryborough from 1971 until his defeat in 1977, before returning at the 1983 election as a member of the National Party of Australia...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1971–1977
	Brendan Hansen	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1977–1983
	Gilbert Alison Gilbert Alison Gilbert Alison is an Australian politician. He served as a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the seat of Maryborough from 1971 until his defeat in 1977, before returning at the 1983 election as a member of the National Party of Australia...	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1983–1989
	Bob Dollin	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1989–1998
	John Kingston John Kingston John Allan Kingston is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2003, representing the electorate of Maryborough....	One Nation	1998–1999
		Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1999–2003
	Chris Foley Chris Foley (Australian politician) Christopher John "Chris" Foley is an Australian politician. Born in Brisbane, he became a certified financial planner and received a Diploma in Christian Doctrine and Practice, was an Associate in Theology, and became a Justice of the Peace...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2003–present

Election results

External links

Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)