Electoral district of Gympie

Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona.

Gympie Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Gympie, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1873–1950; 1960–present
MP	Tony Perrett
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Gympie
Electors	39,141 (2020)
Area	4,628 km2 (1,786.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	26°12′S 152°47′E
Electorates around Gympie: Maryborough Maryborough Coral Sea Nanango Gympie Noosa Nanango Glass House Nicklin

2008 map.

The seat is currently held by Tony Perrett of the Liberal National Party.

The district's most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who later became Prime Minister of Australia.

Members for Gympie

Single member electorate (1873–1888)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Lord	Unaligned	1873–1877
	James Kidgell	Unaligned	1877–1878
	John Hamilton	McIlwraith conservative	1878–1883
	William Smyth	Unaligned	1883–1888

Dual member electorate (1888–1912)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Smyth	Unaligned	1888–1899		Matthew Mellor	Unaligned	1888–1893
					Andrew Fisher	Labour	1893–1896
					Jacob Stumm	Ministerialist	1896–1899
	George Ryland	Labour	1899–1912		Andrew Fisher	Labour	1899–1901
					Daniel Mulcahy	Labour	1901–1912

Single member electorate (1912–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	George Mackay	Ministerialist	1912–1915
	Thomas Dunstan	Labor	1915–1929
	Vivian Tozer	Country and Progressive National	1929–1935
	Thomas Dunstan	Labor	1935–1950

Single member electorate (1960–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Max Hodges	Country	1960–1974
		National	1974–1979
	Len Stephan	National	1979–2001
	Elisa Roberts	One Nation	2001–2002
		Independent	2002–2006
	David Gibson	National	2006–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2015
	Tony Perrett	Liberal National	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gympie

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Gympie.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Gympie

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Tony Perrett	14,071	42.42	+5.18
	Labor	Geoff Williams	9,501	28.64	+6.26
	One Nation	Michael Blaxland	4,172	12.58	−17.15
	Greens	Lauren Granger-Brown	2,060	6.21	+0.52
	Independent	Tim Jerome	1,709	5.15	+5.15
	Independent	Donna Reardon	636	1.92	−3.04
	Informed Medical Options	Nicholas Fairbairn	566	1.71	+1.71
	Independent	Roland Maertens	457	1.38	+1.38
Total formal votes			33,172	95.19	−0.61
Informal votes			1,676	4.81	+0.61
Turnout			34,848	89.03	−0.69
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Tony Perrett	19,402	58.49	−0.20
	Labor	Geoff Williams	13,770	41.51	+0.20
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−0.20

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.