Electoral district of Callide

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox Australian Electorate |name = Callide

|federal=|state = qld

|upper=|image = ECQ-2017-Final-Callide.pdf

|caption = Electoral map of Callide 2017

|lifespan =

|mp = Bryson Head

|mp-party = Liberal National

|namesake = Callide Creek in the Coalfields

|electors = 33907

|electors_year = 2020

|area = 74199

|class = Rural

|coordinates = {{coord|25|5|S|150|42|E|type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

| near-n = Mirani

| near-ne = Gladstone

| near-e = Burnett

| near-se = Maryborough

| near-s = Nanango

| near-sw = Warrego

| near-w = Warrego

| near-nw = Gregory

}}

File:QLD - Callide 2008.png

Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.{{Cite QldElectorate|access-date=27 April 2020}}

It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys. Major towns within the division's boundaries include Biloela, Calliope, Chinchilla, Jandowae, Miles, Bell, Monto, Eidsvold, Gin Gin, Biggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Moura, Banana, Theodore, Baralaba, Taroom and Wandoan.

Located in traditional National territory, it has been in the hands of either that party or the merged Liberal National Party for its entire existence.

A by-election was held on 18 June 2022, following the resignation of Colin Boyce. LNP candidate Bryson Head was elected.{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-19/callide-by-election-lnp-retains-seat-bryson-head/101165328 | title=LNP comfortably retains Queensland seat of Callide in by-election | newspaper=ABC News | date=18 June 2022 }}

Members for Callide

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colspan="2"|MemberPartyTerm
{{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}| 

| Vince Jones

| Country

| 1950–1971

{{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}| 

| rowspan="3"|Lindsay Hartwig

| Country

| 1972–1974

{{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}| 

| National

| 1974–1981

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Independent

| 1981–1986

{{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}| 

| Di McCauley

| National

| 1986–1998

{{Australian party style|Nationals QLD}}| 

|rowspan="2"| Jeff Seeney

|National

| 1998–2008

{{Australian party style|Liberal Nationals}}| 

| Liberal National

| 2008–2017

{{Australian party style|Liberal National}}| 

| Colin Boyce

| Liberal National

| 2017–2022

{{Australian party style|Liberal National}}| 

| Bryson Head

| Liberal National

| 2022–present

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the district of Callide}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2024 Queensland state election|section=Callide}}

{{Excerpt|Results of the 2020 Queensland state election|section=Callide}}

References

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