Division of Maranoa

Maranoa Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Queensland
Created:	1901
MP:	Bruce Scott
Party:	National
Namesake:	Maranoa, Queensland
Electors:	86,754
Area:	546,830 km² (211,132.2 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Maranoa is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the Maranoa River, which runs through the division. Located in southwest Queensland, Maranoa covers an area of approximately 650,504 square kilometres (2005). Towns located in Maranoa include Charleville, Cunnamulla, Dalby, Roma, Stanthorpe, Winton and Warwick.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Maranoa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Scott	46,293	58.57	+10.75
	Labor	Mike Bathersby	23,288	29.46	+7.65
	Family First	David Totenhofer	3,034	3.84	-0.15
	One Nation	Rod Watson	2,774	3.51	-1.61
	Greens	Bob East	2,646	3.35	+1.10
	Democrats	Alan Dickson	1,004	1.27	+0.14
Total formal votes			79,039	96.44	+1.38
Informal votes			2,920	3.56	-1.38
Turnout			81,959	94.47	-0.87
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	National	Bruce Scott	50,936	64.44	-6.61
	Labor	Mike Bathersby	28,103	35.56	+6.61
	National hold		Swing	-6.61

Australian federal election, 2004: Maranoa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bruce Scott	47,846	60.51	+7.40
	Labor	Shane Guley	17,636	22.30	-1.84
	One Nation	Santo Ferraro	3,535	4.47	-10.13
	Family First	Stephen Moloney	3,067	3.88	+3.88
	Independent	Philip Black	2,570	3.25	+3.25
	New Country	Rick Benham	1,654	2.09	+2.09
	Greens	Jonathan Rihan	1,580	2.00	+0.08
	Democrats	Greg Ridge	903	1.14	-2.54
	Citizens Electoral Council	David Klingsporn	280	0.35	-0.43
Total formal votes			79,071	95.24	-0.08
Informal votes			3,955	4.76	+0.08
Turnout			83,026	94.48	-1.72
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	National	Bruce Scott	56,085	70.93	+5.55
	Labor	Shane Guley	22,986	29.07	-5.55
	National hold		Swing	+5.55

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