Division of Fisher

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Fisher
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1949
MP: Peter Slipper
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Andrew Fisher
Electors: 86,767
Area: 3,322 km² (1,282.6 sq mi)
Demographic: Rural

The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Andrew Fisher, three times Prime Minister of Australia. It is located in the Sunshine Coast area north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Beerwah, Maleny, Woodford and Kilcoy. It was a safe seat for the Country Party until the 1980s, but is now fairly safe for the Liberal Party. Its most prominent member has been Sir Charles Adermann, who was Deputy Leader of the Country Party 1958-65.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Charles Adermann Country 1949—1972
  Evan Adermann Country, National 1972—1984
  Peter Slipper National 1984—1987
  Michael Lavarch Labor 1987—1993
  Peter Slipper Liberal 1993—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Fisher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Slipper 35,182 44.14 -10.11
Labor Darrell Main 27,074 33.97 +3.05
Independent Caroline Hutchinson 10,596 13.29 +13.29
Greens Matthew Gray 4,474 5.61 -0.09
Family First Graeme Cumming 1,728 2.17 -1.33
Democrats Carolyn Kerr 655 0.82 -0.78
Total formal votes 79,079 97.06 +2.72
Informal votes 2,418 2.94 -2.72
Turnout 82,127 94.65 +1.99
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Peter Slipper 42,325 53.10 -7.88
Labor Darrell Main 37,384 46.90 +7.88
Liberal hold Swing -7.88
Australian federal election, 2004: Fisher
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Slipper 42,651 55.87 +3.85
Labor John Gray 22,011 28.84 +3.46
Greens Robert Muston 4,617 6.05 +1.87
Family First Ronald Stuart Hill 3,174 4.16 +4.16
One Nation Kevin J Savage 1,929 2.53 -4.88
Democrats Craig Wilmot 1,201 1.57 -2.20
Great Australians Liz Hays 748 0.98 +0.98
Total formal votes 76,321 94.64 -0.94
Informal votes 4,320 5.36 +0.94
Turnout 80,641 93.78 +0.74
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Peter Slipper 48,068 62.98 +1.21
Labor John Gray 28,253 37.02 -1.21
Liberal hold Swing +1.21
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