Electoral district of Barron River

Barron River; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Map of the electoral district of Barron River, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1972–present
MP	Craig Crawford
Party	Labor
Namesake	T C Barron, police clerk
Electors	34,684 (2017)
Area	813 km2 (313.9 sq mi)
Coordinates	16°51′S 145°44′E
	Electorates around Barron River:

Barron River is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

2008 Electoral map

Created at the 1971 redistribution, it currently covers the northern suburbs of Cairns, as well as Kuranda. The Barron River from which the electorate derives its name runs through its centre. It is bordered by the districts of Cook to the north and west, Cairns to the southeast and Mulgrave to the south.

Members for Barron River

	Party	Term
Bill Wood	Labor	1972–1974
Martin Tenni	National	1974–1989
Lesley Clark	Labor	1989–1995
Lyn Warwick	Liberal	1995–1998
Lesley Clark	Labor	1998–2006
Steve Wettenhall	Labor	2006–2012
Michael Trout	Liberal National	2012–2015
Craig Crawford	Labor	2015–present

Election results

2017 Queensland state election: Barron River[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Craig Crawford	9,497	33.5	−6.0
	Liberal National	Michael Trout	8,686	30.6	−10.4
	One Nation	Andrew Schebella	4,760	16.8	+16.8
	Greens	Cameron Boyd	3,551	12.5	+2.2
	Independent	Cheryl Tonkin	1,039	3.7	+3.7
	Independent	Andrew Hodgetts	826	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			28,359	95.4	−2.5
Informal votes			1,380	4.6	+2.5
Turnout			29,739	84.0	−3.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Craig Crawford	14,707	51.9	−1.7
	Liberal National	Michael Trout	13,652	48.1	+1.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.7

References

"Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
2017 State General Election - Barron River - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)

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[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)

[2] 2017 State General Election - Barron River - District Summary, ECQ.