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Former state electoral district of Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The electoral district of Woothakata was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1888 colonial election, and existed until the 1912 state election.[1]
Woothakata Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
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State | Queensland |
Created | 1888 |
Abolished | 1912 |
Namesake | Woothakata, Queensland |
Coordinates | 17°22′S 145°23′E |
Woothakata electorate covered the western Atherton Tableland and the total catchment area of the Mitchell River on lower Cape York Peninsula, including the towns of Chillagoe and Herberton. Woothakata was abolished in the 1911 redistribution being split into the existing electoral district of Cook (northern part), the new electoral district of Eacham (eastern part) and the new electoral district of Chillagoe (south-eastern part).[1]
The members for Woothakata were:[1][2]
Member | Party | Term | |
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William Little | none | 19 May 1888 – 20 May 1893 | |
William Rawlings | Labor | 20 May 1893 – 11 Apr 1896 | |
John Newell | Ministerial | 11 Apr 1896 – 11 Mar 1902 | |
Michael Woods | Labor | 11 Mar 1902 – 18 May 1907 | |
Ministerial | 18 May 1907 – 19 Nov 1907 | ||
Opposition | 19 Nov 1907 – 18 Feb 1908 | ||
Ministerial | 18 Feb 1908 – 29 Oct 1908 | ||
Indep. Opposition | 29 Oct 1908 – 2 Oct 1909 | ||
Ted Theodore | Labor | 2 Oct 1909 – 27 Apr 1912 |
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