Mourilyan was an electoral district

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

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 in the Australia

Australia

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n state of Queensland

Queensland

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 from 1950 to 1992.

First created for the 1950 state election

Queensland state election, 1950

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 29 April 1950 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The Labor government was seeking its seventh continuous term in office since the 1932 election; it would be Premier Ned Hanlon second election.The Assembly had...

, the district was based in north Queensland

North Queensland

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, centred on the town of Mourilyan

Mourilyan, Queensland

Mourilyan is a town in Queensland, Australia. The town is located south of Innisfail on the Bruce Highway. It was established around the Mourilyan sugar mill which provided much of the employment in the area until its destruction during Cyclone Larry on 20 March 2006...

, taking in areas previously belonging to the abolished district of Herbert.

Mourilyan was abolished by the 1991 redistribution, necessitated by the one vote one value

One vote one value

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 reforms, taking effect at the 1992 state election. Its territory was divided between the neighbouring districts of Hinchinbrook

Electoral district of Hinchinbrook

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 and Tablelands

Electoral district of Tablelands

Tablelands was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.Prior to its abolition, it encompassed towns on the Atherton Tablelands west of Cairns, including Mareeba, Atherton, Ravenshoe, Chillagoe and Mount Molloy. The seat was won by the One Nation Party...

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Members for Mourilyan

Member		Party	Term
	Peter Byrne	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...	1950–1969
	Peter Moore	Labor	1969–1974
	Vicky Kippin Vicky Kippin Victoria Ann Kippin is a former Australian politician. She was a National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1980, representing the district of Mourilyan....	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1974–1980
	Bill Eaton	Labor	1980–1992