The Division of Kennedy was created in 1901. It is named for Edmund Kennedy (1818-48), explorer of Queensland.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Georgetown, Ravenswood
1906: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Georgetown, Winton
1913: Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Herberton, Longreach
1922: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach
1934: Atherton, Cairns, Charters Towers, Gordonvale
1949: Bowen, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Longreach
1955: Bowen, Charters Towers, Longreach, Mt Isa
1969: Charters Towers, Eidsvold, Gayndah, Mt Isa
1977: Charters Towers, Emerald, Mt Isa, Wondai
1984: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Mt Isa
1993: Atherton, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Mt Isa
1996: Atherton, Charters Towers, Ingham, Mt Isa
1998: Atherton, Charters Towers, Ingham, Mt Isa
2004: Atherton, Charters Towers, Ingham, Mt Isa
2007: Ingham, Innisfail, Mareeba, Mt Isa
2010: Charters Towers, Ingham, Innisfail, Mt Isa
2019: Charters Towers, Ingham, Innisfail, Mt Isa
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Labor 12.9
1903: Labor 19.7
1906: Labor 07.8
1910: Labor 14.8
1913: Labor 24.4
1914: Labor unopposed
1917: Labor 12.8
1919: Labor 11.7
1922: Labor 11.6
1925: Nationalist unopposed
1928: Nationalist 02.4
1929: Labor 03.1
1931: Labor 10.2
1934: Labor 13.9
1936b: Labor 07.5 *
1937: Labor 16.4
1940: Labor 14.2
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1943: Labor 21.7
1946: Labor 07.5
1949: Labor 08.4
1951: Labor 10.2
1954: Labor 10.2
1955: Labor 08.2
1958: Labor 04.1
1961: Labor 13.4
1963: Labor 13.5
1966: Country Party 01.5
1969: Country Party 06.5
1972: Country Party 10.2
1974: Country Party 12.6
1975: Nationals 13.9
1977: Nationals 14.2
1980: Nationals 12.7
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1983: Nationals 09.1
1984: Nationals 05.2
1987: Nationals 03.0
1990: Labor 01.4
1993: Nationals 02.9
1996: Nationals 14.5
1998: Nationals 10.8
2001: Independent 09.4 **
2004: Independent 18.9 **
2007: Independent 16.3 **
2010: Independent 18.3 **
2013: Independent 02.2 ***
2016: Katter's Aust Party 11.1 ***
2019: Katter's Aust Party 13.3 ***
2022: Katter's Aust Party 13.1 ***
2025: Katter's Aust Party 15.8 ***
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* Majority over independent
** Majority over Labor
*** Majority over Nationals
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
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MEMBERS FOR KENNEDY
Hon Charles McDonald (Lab, ALP) 1901-25
Grosvenor Francis (Nat) 1925-29
David Riordan (ALP) 1929-36
Hon William Riordan (ALP) 1936b-66
Hon Bob Katter (CP, NCP, NPA) 1966-90
Rob Hulls (ALP) 1990-93
Hon Bob Katter Jr (NPA, Ind, KAP) 1993-
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Hon Charles McDonald (Lab, ALP)
1901-25 |
Grosvenor Francis (Nat) 1925-29 |
David Riordan (ALP) 1929-36 |
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| Hon William Riordan (ALP) 1936-66 |
Hon Bob Katter (CP, NCP, NPA) 1966-90 |
Rob Hulls (ALP) 1990-93 |
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| Hon Bob Katter Jr (NPA, Ind, KAP) 1993- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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