Division of Maranoa
The Division of Maranoa is an Australian electoral division in Queensland.
| Maranoa Australian House of Representatives Division | |||||||||||||||
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| Created | 1901 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | David Littleproud | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Maranoa River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 117,284 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 729,897 km2 (281,814.8 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
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Maranoa extends across the Southern Outback and is socially conservative. In the 2016 and 2019 federal elections, Pauline Hanson's One Nation finished ahead of Labor on preference count, reaching a peak in 2016 with 17.82% of the primary vote.
Maranoa is a stronghold for the Liberal National Party of Queensland. The current MP is David Littleproud, former Minister of Agriculture and current leader of the National Party.
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