Electoral district of Callide

Callide; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Electoral map of Callide 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Colin Boyce
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Callide Creek in the Coalfields
Electors	33,907 (2020)
Area	74,199 km2 (28,648.4 sq mi)
Coordinates	25°5′S 150°42′E
	Electorates around Callide:

Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.[1]

Electoral map of Callide 2008

It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys. Major towns within the division's boundaries include Biloela, Calliope, Chinchilla, Jandowae, Miles, Bell, Monto, Eidsvold, Gin Gin, Biggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Moura, Banana, Theodore, Baralaba, Taroom and Wandoan.

Located in traditional National territory, it has been in the hands of either that party or the merged Liberal National Party for its entire existence.

Members for Callide

	Party	Term
Vince Jones	Country	1950–1971
Lindsay Hartwig	Country	1972–1974
	National	1974–1981
	Independent	1981–1986
Di McCauley	National	1986–1998
Jeff Seeney	National	1998–2008
Jeff Seeney	Liberal National	2008–2017
Colin Boyce	Liberal National	2017–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Callide[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Colin Boyce	16,608	57.20	+23.77
	Labor	Gordon Earnshaw	7,463	25.71	+3.55
	Independent	Adam Burling	2,444	8.42	+8.42
	Independent	Loris Doessel	1,371	4.72	+4.72
	Greens	Anthony Walsh	1,147	3.95	+0.54
Total formal votes			29,033	97.04	+0.67
Informal votes			887	2.96	−0.67
Turnout			29,920	88.24	−1.19
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Colin Boyce	19,112	65.83	+9.71
	Labor	Gordon Earnshaw	9,921	34.17	+34.17
	Liberal National hold

References

"Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
2020 State General Election – Callide – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)

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[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[2] 2020 State General Election – Callide – District Summary, ECQ.