Division of Fisher

The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

Fisher
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fisher in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1949
MPAndrew Wallace
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeAndrew Fisher
Electors113,134 (2019)
Area1,198 km2 (462.6 sq mi)
DemographicRural

History

Andrew Fisher, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1949 and is named after Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia on three non-consecutive occasions within the first two decades following Federation. It is located in the Sunshine Coast area north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Beerwah, Maleny, Woodford and Kilcoy.

As originally created, it extended as far inland as Kingaroy, but gradually moved eastward from the 1960s onward to become an entirely Sunshine Coast-based seat. It was a safe seat for the National Party until the 1980s. However, some of its more conservative territory was shifted to the new seat of Fairfax in 1984, replaced by some more marginal territory in the outer northern suburbs of Brisbane. On these boundaries, Labor took the seat in 1987.

The Brisbane portion was removed in 1993 (mostly going to the new seat of Dickson), erasing Labor's majority and making Fisher notionally Liberal. The Liberals took the seat in 1993, and have held it for all but two years since then without much difficulty. To date, it is the last time Labor has held a Sunshine Coast seat.

Its most prominent members have been Sir Charles Adermann, who was Deputy Leader of the Country Party 1964–66, and Peter Slipper, who served as Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012. Following the resignation of Harry Jenkins as Speaker in the 43rd Parliament, Peter Slipper was nominated unopposed and installed as Speaker on 24 November 2011.[1][2] Slipper resigned from the Liberal National Party on taking the Speaker's seat and continued in parliament as an independent member and resigned as speaker and went to the cross bench on 9 October 2012.[2] On 11 May 2013, he joined businessman Clive Palmer's recently formed Palmer United Party, becoming its first member in federal parliament. However, a matter of hours later his membership of the party was revoked and Slipper returned to being an independent.[3]

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  (Sir) Charles Adermann
(1896–1979)
Country 10 December 1949
2 November 1972
Previously held the Division of Maranoa. Served as minister under Menzies and Holt. Retired. Son was Evan Adermann
  Evan Adermann
(1927–2001)
Country 2 December 1972
2 May 1975
Served as minister under Fraser. Transferred to the Division of Fairfax. Father was Sir Charles Adermann
  National Country 2 May 1975 –
16 October 1982
  Nationals 16 October 1982 –
1 December 1984
  Peter Slipper
(1950–)
Nationals 1 December 1984
11 July 1987
Lost seat
  Michael Lavarch
(1961–)
Labor 11 July 1987
13 March 1993
Transferred to the Division of Dickson
  Peter Slipper
(1950–)
Liberal 13 March 1993
19 July 2010
Served as Speaker during the Gillard Government. Lost seat
  Liberal Nationals 19 July 2010 –
24 November 2011
  Independent 24 November 2011 –
11 May 2013
  Palmer United 11 May 2013 –
11 May 2013
  Independent 11 May 2013 –
7 September 2013
  Mal Brough
(1961–)
Liberal Nationals 7 September 2013
9 May 2016
Previously held the Division of Longman. Served as minister under Turnbull. Retired
  Andrew Wallace
(1968–)
Liberal Nationals 2 July 2016
present
Incumbent

Election results

2019 Australian federal election: Fisher[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Andrew Wallace 49,567 50.04 +1.83
Labor Daniel Parsell 22,011 22.22 −2.26
Greens Tracy Burton 12,289 12.41 +0.11
One Nation Christopher Paterson 8,596 8.68 +8.20
United Australia Trevor Gray 3,429 3.46 +3.46
Conservative National Mike Jessop 1,592 1.61 +1.61
Love Australia or Leave Paul Monaghan 1,564 1.58 +1.58
Total formal votes 99,048 95.20 +2.01
Informal votes 4,992 4.80 −2.01
Turnout 104,040 91.96 +0.86
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Andrew Wallace 62,100 62.70 +3.55
Labor Daniel Parsell 36,948 37.30 −3.55
Liberal National hold Swing+3.55

References

  1. "Peter Slipper has been formally elected Speaker of the House of Representatives". The Australian. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  2. "Renegade Liberal to boost Labor's numbers". Australia: ABC News. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  3. Atfield, Cameron (2013). Peter Slipper joins Palmer's partyThe Age. Published 11 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. Fisher, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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