Electoral district of Cook
| Cook Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Cook 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | David Kempton | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | James Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 33,912 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 196,836 km2 (75,998.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Remote | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°34′S 143°28′E / 13.567°S 143.467°E | ||||||||||||||
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Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.
Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands. It is named after British navigator James Cook,[1] who charted the coast and landed on Possession Island – one of the Torres Strait islands – in 1770.
History
[edit]1883 election
[edit]In the 1883 election, there were four candidates for the (then) two-member electorate. They were:
- Thomas Campbell
- Frederick Cooper (one of the sitting members)
- John Hamilton
- Charles Lumley Hill (a former member in Gregory)
Cooper and Hamilton were elected,[2] but there were allegations of "ballot stuffing", specifically that there were too many votes cast at the California Gully and Halpin's Creek polling stations given the number of electors. The unsuccessful candidates, Campbell and Hill, petitioned to overturn the ballot.[3] In December 1883, arrests were made in connection with the ballot stuffing.[4] On 4 March 1884, the Elections and Qualifications Committee determined that Frederick Cooper should not be elected and that Thomas Campbell should be elected instead.[5]
1884 by-election
[edit]On 4 August 1885, Thomas Campbell resigned after having been declared insolvent.[6] Charles Lumley Hill won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1885.[7]
1888 election
[edit]At the 1888 election, Cook returned to being a single-member electorate. Of the two sitting members, Hamilton contested the seat but Hill did not, saying that he was retiring from politics. However, Hill did not retire, but instead contested the election in Port Curtis, but he was unsuccessful. Hamilton was elected in Cook.[8][9][10]
Members for Cook
[edit]| First incarnation (1876–1878, 1 member) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Edward Murphy | Unaligned | 1876–1878 | |
| Second incarnation (1878–1888, 2 members) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Walsh | Unaligned | 1878–1883 | |
| Frederick Cooper | Unaligned | 1878–1884 | |
| John Hamilton | Ministerialist | 1883–1888 | |
| Thomas Campbell | Unaligned | 1884–1885 | |
| Charles Lumley Hill | Unaligned | 1885–1888 | |
| Third incarnation (1888–present, 1 member) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Hamilton | Ministerialist | 1888–1904 | |
| John Hargreaves | Ministerialist | 1904–1907 | |
| Henry Douglas | Ministerialist / Opposition / Independent Opposition / Ministerialist / Liberal |
1907–1915 | |
| Henry Ryan | Labor | 1915–1929 | |
| James Kenny | Country and Progressive National | 1929–1935 | |
| Harold Collins | Labor | 1935–1950 | |
| Carlisle Wordsworth | Country | 1950–1953 | |
| Bunny Adair | Labor | 1953–1957 | |
| Queensland Labor | 1957–1963 | ||
| Independent | 1963–1969 | ||
| Bill Wood | Labor | 1969–1972 | |
| Edwin Wallis-Smith | Labor | 1972–1974 | |
| Eric Deeral | National | 1974–1977 | |
| Bob Scott | Labor | 1977–1989 | |
| Steve Bredhauer | Labor | 1989–2004 | |
| Jason O'Brien | Labor | 2004–2012 | |
| David Kempton | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Billy Gordon | Labor | 2015 | |
| Independent | 2015–2017 | ||
| Cynthia Lui | Labor | 2017–2024 | |
| David Kempton | Liberal National | 2024-present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Cynthia Lui | 10,363 | 40.02 | −0.08 | |
| Liberal National | Ed (Nipper) Brown | 6,241 | 24.10 | +6.35 | |
| Katter's Australian | Tanika Parker | 4,458 | 17.22 | +0.24 | |
| One Nation | Brett (Beaver) Neal | 1,717 | 6.63 | −11.78 | |
| Greens | Deby Ruddell | 1,306 | 5.04 | −1.71 | |
| Independent | Yodie Batzke | 1,000 | 3.86 | +3.86 | |
| NQ First | Desmond Tayley | 624 | 2.41 | +2.41 | |
| United Australia | Stephen Goulmy | 184 | 0.71 | +0.71 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,893 | 95.69 | −0.04 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,167 | 4.31 | +0.04 | ||
| Turnout | 27,060 | 79.79 | −1.47 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Cynthia Lui | 14,567 | 56.26 | −1.90 | |
| Liberal National | Ed (Nipper) Brown | 11,326 | 43.74 | +1.90 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.90 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "History of Queensland electorate names" (PDF). Electoral Commission Queensland. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "POLITICAL". The Queenslander. National Library of Australia. 3 November 1883. p. 721. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "HERBERTON". The Northern Miner. Charters Towers, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 6 November 1883. p. 2. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "COLONIAL TELEGRAMS [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] QUEENSLAND". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 18 December 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ "Telegraphic Intelligence". The Northern Miner. Charters Towers, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 March 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "The Brisbane Courier". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 5 August 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Parliamentary Elections". Queensland Figaro and Punch. National Library of Australia. 19 September 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "The Brisbane Courier". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1888. p. 4. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Part 2.15 – Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860–2017 and the Legislative Council 1860–1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2015–2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Cook – District Summary, ECQ.
External links
[edit]- Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)
- "ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF COOK". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 December 1931. p. 11. — 1931 history of the electorate