Electoral district of Barcoo
| Barcoo Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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|---|---|
| State | Queensland |
| Created | 1885 |
| Abolished | 1972 |
| Namesake | Barcoo River |
| Demographic | Rural |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Barcoo was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1885 to 1972.
It was created in 1885 by dividing the district of Mitchell, with Barcoo taking up its western area.[1] It was named after the Barcoo River, and covered remote rural areas in Southwest Queensland.
Barcoo was mostly a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party and was the seat of Premier T. J. Ryan. Remarkably, all members since Tommy Ryan were elected to this seat in by-elections; the last time a new member was elected to it in a general election was in 1909.
The death of Frank Murphy created a by-election on 5 March 1892. A shearer, Tommy Ryan (not to be confused with the Queensland Premier T. J. Ryan) was the first endorsed Labour candidate in Queensland and won the seat against opponent William Henry Campbell, the editor and proprietor of the local newspaper The Western Champion.[2]
It was abolished in the redistribution preceding the 1972 election.
Members for Barcoo
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Reid Murphy | 1885–1892 | ||
| Tommy Ryan | Labour | 1892–1893 | |
| George Kerr | Ministerialist | 1893–1909 | |
| T. J. Ryan | Labor | 1909–1919 | |
| Frank Bulcock | Labor | 1919–1942 | |
| Ned Davis | Labor | 1943–1961 | |
| Eugene O'Donnell | Labor | 1961–1972 | |
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
