Bowen Queensland— Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Queensland |
Dates current | 1873–1950, 1960–1971, 1986–1992 |
Namesake | Bowen, Queensland |
Bowen was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1873 to 1950 and at various times until 1992. [1]
The electoral district of Bowen was established by the 1872 Electoral Districts Act. [1]
During the First McIlwraith Ministry, the seat of Bowen was occupied by three Attorneys-General: Henry Beor, Pope Alexander Cooper and Charles E. Chubb. Upon Beor's death, Cooper, who was not at that time in Parliament, was appointed Attorney-General and contested and won the resulting by-election. When he resigned, Chubb entered parliament in the same manner.
Bowen is the only state or federal electorate in Australia to elect a Communist member, Fred Paterson, who served as member for Bowen from the 1944 election until the 1950 election.
In a 1949 redistribution, Bowen was abolished, being split between the new electoral districts of Burdekin and Whitsunday. [1] It has been suggested that the redistribution was done deliberately to split Paterson's electoral support and prevent him from being returned to parliament in the 1950 election. [2] Paterson contested Whitsunday but was unsuccessful. [3]
From 1963 until 1971, member Peter Delamothe also served as Attorney-General.
Today, the electoral districts of Whitsunday and Burdekin comprise parts of the former Electoral district of Bowen.
First incarnation (1873–1950) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Thomas Henry FitzGerald | 1873–1875 | ||
Francis Amhurst | 1875–1877 | ||
Henry Beor | Conservative | 1877–1880 | |
Pope Alexander Cooper | Conservative | 1881–1883 | |
Charles E. Chubb | Conservative | 1883–1888 | |
Robert Smith | Conservative | 1888–1890 | |
Ministerial | 1890–1902 | ||
Francis Kenna | Labor | 1902–1907 | |
Kidstonites | 1907–1908 | ||
Independent Opposition | 1908–1909 | ||
Myles Ferricks | Labor | 1909–1912 | |
Edwin Caine | Liberal | 1912–1915 | |
Charles Collins | Labor | 1915–1936 | |
Ernest Riordan | Labor | 1936–1944 | |
Fred Paterson | Communist | 1944–1950 | |
Second incarnation (1960–1971) | |||
Peter Delamothe | Liberal | 1960–1971 | |
Third incarnation (1986–1992) | |||
Ken Smyth | Labor | 1986–1992 |