Electoral district of Croydon (Queensland)
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Croydon was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of Queensland
from 1893 to 1912.
Based in the remote western part of the state, it was first created for the 1893 state election out of the district of Burke when that ceased to be a two member electorate. The district was abolished for the 1912 state election and divided between the districts of Burke and Flinders
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Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts
This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...
of the Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n state of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
from 1893 to 1912.
Based in the remote western part of the state, it was first created for the 1893 state election out of the district of Burke when that ceased to be a two member electorate. The district was abolished for the 1912 state election and divided between the districts of Burke and Flinders
Electoral district of Flinders (Queensland)
The electoral district of Flinders was formerly a state electorate in the Parliament of Queensland covering parts of central Queensland. It was abolished in a redistribution in 1991, effective 1992. The last sitting member of the seat was Bob Katter, who had held it since December 1974.-Members for...
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Members for Croydon
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Brown | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1893–1904 | |
| William Sydney Murphy | Labor | 1904–1904 | |
| Cornelius Creagh | Opposition | 1907–1908 | |
| William Sydney Murphy | Ministerialist | 1908 | |
| Independent Opposition | 1808–1912 | ||