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History of LNP two-party preferred results

On the ballot

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FEDERAL ELECTION
Decisions shaping Queensland’s
third largest electorate could
be in for a shake-up as the 2022
federal election nears.
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Words: Annabel Bowles
Queensland trend Leichhardt
Those not yet a local – that is, anyone
who hasn’t lived in Cairns for at least 15
years – may assume Leichhardt has long leaders and other members of the LNP, Saibai Island
been a LNP seat. Indeed, sitting member including Prime Minister Scott Morrison,
Warren Entsch has been victorious for Mr Entsch has thrown his hat into the
eight elections, only sitting out the 2007 ring again on the grounds of ‘stability’
poll to spend time with family. But prior and ‘leadership’.
to Mr Entsch’s entry to the lower house 26 80 per cent of the Leichhardt population Leichhardt
years ago, Leichhardt was traditionally lives in the Cairns metropolitan area, electorate
a Labor seat. with the electorate stretching from
In recent decades, it’s more accurate Bentley Park to Boigu Island in the
to describe it as a bellwether electorate Torres Strait. It is the state’s third largest
– meaning from election to election, electorate, covering an enormous 148,559
Leichhardt has generally been won by the square kilometres – more than twice the Weipa
party that forms government. size of Tasmania.
The seat's elected member has taken a Six of Queensland’s 12 Senate seats are
seat on government benches at every also up for grabs, with divisive characters
election since 1972, with the notable Pauline Hanson and Clive Palmer on
exception of 2010 when Mr Entsch the ballot, along with Cairns local Renee
returned from his premature retirement Lees running for the Socialist Alliance.
to regain the seat for the LNP. Former Liberal stalwart and Queensland
Upon his 2019 win, Mr Entsch announced Premier Campbell Newman is also
he would not recontest again. COVID-19, contending for an Upper House seat,
and its particular impact on our though this time with the radical agenda
tourism-reliant region, changed the of micro party the Liberal Democrats.
political warhorse’s mind. Citing support Cairns
from local business owners, community

2022 House of Reps candidates
2019 results
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Warren Entsch Liberal National Party warrenentsch.com.au
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LNP 37.6% Elida Faith Australian Labor Party FB @elidafaithalp
After preferences . .
ALP 28.8% Phillip Musumeci The Australian Greens FB @phillipmusumecigreens
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Daniel Hannagan United Australia Party unitedaustraliaparty.org.au
GRN 10.4%
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Pat O'Shane Socialist Alliance patoshane4leichhardt.org
KAP 8.2% Geena Court Pauline Hanson’s One Nation FB @geenacourt.phon
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ALP
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ONP 6% 45.8% LNP Susanne Bayly Animal Justice Party FB @ajp.bayly
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UAP 4% 54.2% Silvia Mogorovich Informed Medical Options Party imoparty.com/silvia-mogorovich
IND 2.9% * as declared when Tropic went to print
FACN 2.2%
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