Mulgrave is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
The district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from the southern suburbs of Cairns to Deer at its southern end. Mulgrave also includes the town of Gordonvale. The electorate was first created for the 1950 election.
There was an earlier district also called Mulgrave that existed from 1873 to 1888. It was based on the town of Bundaberg and was replaced by the new electoral district of Bundaberg by the Electoral Districts Act of 1887.
Members for Mulgrave First incarnation (1873–1888)MemberPartyTerm Walter Scott Squatter conservative 1873–1878 Thomas McIlwraith Conservative leader 1878–1886 Walter Adams Unaligned 1886–1888 Second incarnation (1950–present)MemberPartyTerm Bob Watson Country 1950–1953 Charles English Labor 1953–1957 Queensland Labor 1957 Bob Watson Country 1957–1959 Carlisle Wordsworth Country 1959–1960 Roy Armstrong Country 1960–1974 National 1974–1980 Max Menzel National 1980–1989 Warren Pitt Labor 1989–1995 Naomi Wilson National 1995–1998 Charles Rappolt One Nation 1998 Warren Pitt Labor 1998–2009 Curtis Pitt Labor 2009–2024 Terry James Liberal National 2024–present
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