Leichhardt was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1860 to 1932.
Taking in areas of central Queensland west of the Great Dividing Range, the district in its original form stretched as far as Mackay in the north and as far south as Taroom. Originally a dual member constituency, it was one of the sixteen districts contested at the first colonial election in 1860. It became a single member constituency in 1873 but reverted to being a dual member electorate in 1878. A single member constituency again in 1888, it remained that way thereafter. One of the district's first members was Robert Herbert, the first Premier of Queensland.
By the time of its abolition—at the 1932 state election—the district was based on Clermont and Springsure. Its territory was split between the pre-existing districts of Barcoo and Normanby.
Members for Leichhardt
Dual member electorate (1860–1873)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm Robert Herbert Unaligned 1860–1863 Charles Royds Unaligned 1860–1864 Gordon Sandeman Unaligned 1863–1870 Edmund Royds Unaligned 1864–1868 Charles Royds Unaligned 1868–1872 John Scott Unaligned 1870–1873 Edmund Royds Unaligned 1872–1873
Single member electorate (1873–1878)MemberPartyTerm Edmund Royds Unaligned 1873–1875 Charles Haly Unaligned 1876–1878
Dual member electorate (1878–1888)MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm William Sheffield Paul Unaligned 1878–1879 John Scott Unaligned 1878–1888 John MacFarlane Unaligned 1879–1880 Albrecht Feez Unaligned 1880–1883 Charles Dutton Unaligned 1883–1888
Single member electorate (1888–1932)MemberPartyTerm William Sheffield Paul Unaligned 1888–1893 Herbert Hardacre Labour 1893–1919 Tom Foley Labor 1919–1932
Election results
See also Electoral districts of Queensland Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year :Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
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