Electoral district of Cairns

{{Short description|State electoral district of Queensland, Australia}}

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|mp = Michael Healy

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| near-n = Barron River

| near-ne = Coral Sea

| near-e = Mulgrave

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File:QLD - Cairns 2008.png

Cairns is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia.{{Cite QldElectorate|access-date=27 April 2020}}

The division encompasses the central business district and inner-suburbs of Cairns, in Far North Queensland. Major locations include Bungalow, Manoora, Kanimbla, Earlville and Woree.

History

Created in 1888, Cairns has historically tended to be a safe Labor seat with a blue-collar economy based on sugar, mining and railways. However, in recent decades such industry has been surpassed in importance by tourism and service industries for wealthier retirees and has grown increasingly marginal.

This trend culminated in 2012, when Gavin King took the seat for the LNP on a massive swing of over 13 percent, becoming the first conservative to hold the seat since 1904. The seat reverted to its Labor ways in 2015, when Rob Pyne defeated King on a swing slightly larger than the one King picked up three years earlier. Pyne quit the party to become an independent in 2016. He was defeated by Labor's Michael Healy in 2017.

Members for Cairns

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"\|Member	Party	Term
{{Australian party style\|Protectionist}}\| \| rowspan=2 \| Frederick Wimble \| Liberal \| 1888–1890
{{Australian party style\|Other}}\| \| Opposition \| 1890–1893
{{Australian party style\|Liberal QLD 1908}}\| \| Thomas Joseph Byrnes \| Ministerial \| 1893–1896
{{Australian party style\|Liberal QLD 1908}}\| \| Isidor Lissner \| Ministerial \| 1896–1899
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Thomas Givens \| Labour \| 1899–1902
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| James Lyons \| Conservative \| 1902–1904
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan="3"\|John Mann \| Labour \| 1904–1907
{{Australian party style\|Kidstonites}}\| \| Kidstonites \| 1907–1909
{{Australian party style\|Other}}\| \| Independent Opposition \| 1909–1912
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| William McCormack \| Labor \| 1912–1930
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| John O'Keefe \| Labor \| 1930–1942
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Lou Barnes \| Independent Labor \| 1942–1947
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Thomas Crowley \| Labor \| 1947–1956
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Watty Wallace \| Labor \| 1956–1964
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Ray Jones \| Labor \| 1965–1983
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Keith De Lacy \| Labor \| 1983–1998
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Desley Boyle \| Labor \| 1998–2012
{{Australian party style\|Liberal National}}\| \| Gavin King \| Liberal National \| 2012–2015
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| rowspan="2"\|Rob Pyne \| Labor \| 2015–2016
{{Australian party style\|Independent}}\| \| Independent \| 2016–2017
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| Michael Healy \| Labor \| 2017–present

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colspan="2"|Member

Party

Term

{{Australian party style|Protectionist}}|

| rowspan=2 | Frederick Wimble

| Liberal

| 1888–1890

{{Australian party style|Other}}|

| Opposition

| 1890–1893

{{Australian party style|Liberal QLD 1908}}|