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Quick facts for kids Fisher Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fisher (green) within Queensland
Created	1949
MP	Mal Brough
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Andrew Fisher
Electors	88,388 (2013)
Area	1,170 km² (451.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1949 and is named after Andrew Fisher, three times Prime Minister of Australia. It covers the Sunshine Coast area north of Brisbane. It includes the towns of Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Beerwah, Maleny, Woodford and Kilcoy.

Members

	Party	Term
(Sir) Charles Adermann	Country	1949–1972
Evan Adermann	Country, National	1972–1984
Peter Slipper	National	1984–1987
Michael Lavarch	Labor	1987–1993
Peter Slipper	Liberal	1993–2010
	Liberal National	2010–2011
	Independent	2011–2013
Mal Brough	Liberal National	2013–present

Sir Charles Adermann was Deputy Leader of the Country Party 1964–66.

Peter Slipper was elected as Speaker on 24 November 2011 and resigned from the Liberal National Party. He stayed in parliament as an independent member. He resigned as speaker on 9 October 2012. On 11 May 2013, he joined businessman Clive Palmer's new Palmer United Party, becoming its first member in federal parliament. However, only hours later his membership of the party was cancelled and Slipper returned to being an independent.

Election results

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Andrew Fisher, the division's namesake

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