Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland)

Flinders
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
StateQueensland
Dates current1888–1932, 1950-1992
NamesakeMatthew Flinders

The electoral district of Flinders was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

It was first created in 1887, effective 1888, covering the area centred on the central Queensland towns of Cloncurry, Richmond and Hughenden.[1] It replaced the Electoral district of Burke.[1] Flinders, along with parts of Burke, was incorporated into the new seat of Carpentaria in the 1931 redistribution, effective in 1932.[1] It was abolished in a redistribution in 1991, effective 1992. Most of its territory became part of Charters Towers, while the western portion, including Cloncurry, became part of Mount Isa. The last sitting member for Flinders was Bob Katter, who had held it since December 1974.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "The Hon Bob Katter MP, Member for Kennedy (Qld)". Parliament of Australia. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2010.