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McPherson
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of McPherson (green) within Queensland
Created 1949
MP Karen Andrews
Party Liberal National
Namesake McPherson Range
Electors 94,467 (2013)
Area 230 km2 (88.8 sq mi)
Demographic Provincial
Queensland State Archives 416 Looking from Bithongabel Lookout Lamington National Park towards the McPherson Range Beaudesert Shire September 1933
View of the McPherson Range, 1933

The Division of McPherson is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1948 and is named after the McPherson Range. McPherson is in south east Queensland, and is based on the southern portion of the Gold Coast City.

Members

Member Party Term
  (Sir) Arthur Fadden Country 1949–1958
  Charles Barnes Country 1958–1972
  Eric Robinson Liberal 1972–1981
  Peter White Liberal 1981–1990
  John Bradford Liberal 1990–1998
  Christian Democrats 1998–1998
  Margaret May Liberal 1998–2010
  Karen Andrews Liberal National 2010–present

Election results

  • Karen Andrews website



Images for kids

  • Andrew Drynan Park and McPherson Range at Running Creek, Queensland

    McPherson Range, a region in Queensland from which the division takes its name

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