| Townsville Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Townsville, 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1878–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Adam Baillie | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Townsville | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 35,337 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 251 km2 (96.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°55′S 146°41′E / 18.917°S 146.683°E | ||||||||||||||
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Townsville is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The seat is one of four within the Townsville urban area in North Queensland, and covers the Eastern and Northern suburbs of the City of Townsville as well as Magnetic Island and Palm Island.[1]
Significant features in Townsville within the electorate are; The Strand, the Port of Townsville, Townsville Airport, RAAF Garbutt, Castle Hill, Museum of Tropical Queensland, Reef HQ, various administrative centres for Local, State and federal Governments. Suburbs of Townsville within the Electorate include; Townsville, North Ward, Castle Hill, Belgian Gardens, West End, Hyde Park, Garbutt, Mount Louisa, Currajong, Railway Estate, South Townsville, Rowes Bay, Bohle and Pallarenda.[2] Two populated islands fall within the electorate; Magnetic Island and Palm Island, each have about 2500 residents,[3][4] 93% of Palm Island's inhabitants are Indigenous.[5]
This State electorate falls completely within the eastern portion of the Federal Division of Herbert. It encompasses the local government areas of Palm Island and parts of Townsville.
Townsville Electorate is bordered by the Hinchinbrook (North), Burdekin (South), Mundingburra (South and West) and Thuringowa (West) Electorates.[6]
- ^ "ABC Electorate guide". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 21 December 2006.
- ^ "Team Beattie Electorate guide". Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ "Magnetic Island". Archived from the original on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ "Brisbane Institute - Lessons from Palm Island". Archived from the original on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ "Dept of Communities - Community Renewal". Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2006.
- ^ "Electoral Commission of Queensland map of Electorate" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2006.