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Dalrymple Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Queensland
Dates current:	2009–present
MP:	Shane Knuth
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Dalrymple National Park

Dalrymple is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

[edit] Geography

Based in inland northern Queensland, Dalrymple is a north–south elongated electorate, running from the Atherton Tableland west of Cairns at its northern end, down to areas west of Mackay at its southern end. Towns in the electorate include Charters Towers, Moranbah, Atherton and Herberton.^[1]

[edit] History

Dalrymple was first created for the 2009 election from parts of the abolished electorates of Charters Towers and Tablelands.^[2] Originally proposed by the Electoral Commission of Queensland to be named Macrossan, the name Dalrymple was adopted after further review. The district's first contest pitted two incumbent MPs against each other with sitting Charters Towers MP Shane Knuth of the Liberal National Party defeating sitting Tablelands MP Rosa Lee Long of One Nation.

[edit] Members for Dalrymple

Member		Party	Term
	Shane Knuth	Liberal National	2009–present

[edit] Election results

Queensland state election, 2009: Dalrymple
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Shane Knuth	10,597	41.4	+6.5
	One Nation	Rosa Lee Long	8,178	32.0	-0.5
	Labor	Jason Briskey	5,668	22.2	-6.7
	Greens	Glenn Martin	809	3.2	+0.8
	Independent	Adrienne Freeman	248	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	Harrison Duncan	87	0.3	+0.3
Total formal votes			25.587	98.7
Informal votes			314	1.3
Turnout			25,901	91.4
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal National	Shane Knuth	11,517	55.2	-2.5
	One Nation	Rosa Lee Long	9,355	44.8	+44.8
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-2.5

[edit] References

^ Green, Antony. "Dalrymple - 2009 Queensland Election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/dalr.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
^ "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Dalrymple". Electoral Commission of Queensland. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2008/redistributions/finalReport/html/Dalrymple.html.

[0] Green, Antony. "Dalrymple - 2009 Queensland Election". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/qld/2009/guide/dalr.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-21.

[1] "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Dalrymple". Electoral Commission of Queensland. http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/state2008/redistributions/finalReport/html/Dalrymple.html.

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Contents

[edit] Geography

[edit] History

[edit] Members for Dalrymple

[edit] Election results

[edit] References