Division of Capricornia

The Division of Capricornia is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for the Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the Division. It covers the area around Rockhampton on the central Queensland coast. It includes the towns of Mount Morgan and Yeppoon, and Great Keppel Island.

Capricornia Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Capricornia (green) within Queensland
Created	1901
MP	Michelle Landry
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Tropic of Capricorn
Electors	91,961 (2010)
Area	91,049 km2 (35,154.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Paterson	Independent Free Trade	1901–1903
	David Thomson	Labor	1903–1906
	Edward Archer	Anti-Socialist	1906–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
	William Higgs	Labor	1910–1920
		Independent	1920–1920
		Nationalist	1920–1922
	Frank Forde	Labor	1922–1946
	Charles Davidson	Liberal	1946–1949
	Henry Pearce	Liberal	1949–1961
	George Gray	Labor	1961–1967
	Doug Everingham	Labor	1967–1975
	Colin Carige	National	1975–1977
	Doug Everingham	Labor	1977–1984
	Keith Wright	Labor	1984–1993
		Independent	1993–1993
	Marjorie Henzell	Labor	1993–1996
	Paul Marek	National	1996–1998
	Kirsten Livermore	Labor	1998–present

The most famous member was Frank Forde, who was the Prime Minister of Australia for eight days in 1945.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Capricornia
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Michelle Landry	35,613	39.44	−1.21
	Labor	Russell Robertson	25,330	28.05	+4.31
	One Nation	Kylee Stanton	13,179	14.60	−2.38
	Greens	Mick Jones	5,302	5.87	+1.03
	United Australia	Nathan Harding	3,555	3.94	+0.29
	Independent	Ken Murray	3,048	3.38	+0.89
	Great Australian	Zteven Whitty	1,747	1.93	+1.93
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Murphy	1,392	1.54	+1.54
	Informed Medical Options	Paula Ganfield	1,126	1.25	+1.25
Total formal votes			90,292	93.86	+0.19
Informal votes			5,904	6.14	−0.19
Turnout			96,196	88.60	−3.98
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Michelle Landry	51,096	56.59	−5.76
	Labor	Russell Robertson	39,196	43.41	+5.76
	Template:Australian politics/name/Liberal National hold		Swing	−5.76

Division Of Capricornia Media

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  The Tropic of Capricorn, the division's namesake

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  Alexander Paterson, Australian politician.

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  David Thomson

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  Edward Walker Archer (cropped)

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  William Higgs

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  Formal portrait of Frank Forde taken during his attendance at the 1945 San Francisco Conference, where he led the Australian delegation.

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  Portrait of Charles William Davidson, M.H.R. for Capricornia, Queensland, 1948 (cropped)

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  GeorgePearce1956 (cropped)

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  Australian politician George Gray, Labor MHR for Capricornia.

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  Doug Everingham 1968 (cropped)

Other websites

• Division of Capricornia (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission
• Kirsten Livermore's website Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine

Preceded by Fremantle

Division represented by the Prime Minister 1945–1945 Frank Forde

Succeeded by Macquarie