Rockhampton Queensland—Legislative Assembly
State or territory:	Queensland
Dates current:	1865–1960; 1972–present
MP:	Robert Schwarten
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Rockhampton

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

Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional city of Rockhampton and many of its outlying developed areas, including the community of Gracemere.

[edit] Members for Rockhampton

First incarnation (1865–1878, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Charles Fitzsimmons	Unaligned	1865–1867
	Thomas Fitzgerald	Unaligned	1867
	Archibald Archer	Unaligned	1867–1869
	Henry Milford	Unaligned	1869–1870 (did not take seat)
	Alexander Fyfe	Unaligned	1870–1873
	Charles Buzacott	Unaligned	1873–1877
	John MacFarlane	Unaligned	1877–1878
Second incarnation (1878–1912, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	William Rea	Unaligned	1878–1881
	Thomas Macdonald-Paterson	Ministerialist	1878–1883
	John Ferguson	Unaligned	1881–1888
	William Higson	Unaligned	1883–1888
	William Pattison	Unaligned	1888–1893
	Archibald Archer	Unaligned	1888–1886
	George Curtis	Unaligned	1893–1902
	William Kidston	Labor Party/Ministerialist/ Opposition/Ministerialist	1896–1911
	Kenneth Grant	Labor Party/Ministerialist/ Opposition/Ministerialist	1902–1912
	John Adamson	Australian Labor Party	1911–1912
Third incarnation (1912–1960, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	John Adamson	Australian Labor Party	1912–1917
	Frank Forde	Australian Labor Party	1917–1922
	George Farrell	Australian Labor Party	1923–1929
	Thomas Dunlop	Independent	1929–1932
	James Larcombe	Australian Labor Party	1932–1956
	Mick Gardner	Australian Labor Party	1956–1957
		Queensland Labor Party	1957–1960
Fourth incarnation (1972–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Keith Wright	Australian Labor Party	1972–1985
	Paul Braddy	Australian Labor Party	1985–1995
	Robert Schwarten	Australian Labor Party	1995–present

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