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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Electoral District Of Keppel
Keppel is an electoral district in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The electoral district encompasses the central Queensland coast from the mouth of the Fitzroy River in the south to Shoalwater Bay to the north. Major communities located within this electorate include Yeppoon, Emu Park, Byfield and the Rockhampton suburbs of Parkhurst and Lakes Creek.

Members for Keppel

First incarnation (1912–1960)
Member Party Term
  James Larcombe Labor 1912–1929
  Owen Daniel CPNP 1929–1936
  David Daniel Country 1936–1944
  Walter Ingram Labor 1944–1952
  Viv Cooper Labor 1952–1957
  Queensland Labor 1957
  Merv Thackeray Labor 1957–1960
Second incarnation (1992–present)
Member Party Term
  Vince Lester National 1992–2004
  Paul Hoolihan Labor 2004–2012
  Bruce Young Liberal National 2012–2015
  Brittany Lauga Labor 2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Keppel
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Keppel.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Keppel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Brittany Lauga 14,969 46.22 +3.16
Liberal National Adrian de Groot 9,576 29.57 +4.67
One Nation Wade Rothery 5,069 15.65 −9.80
Greens Clancy Mullbrick 1,291 3.99 −2.61
Legalise Cannabis Jimmy Dockery 862 2.66 +2.66
Informed Medical Options Paula Ganfield 430 1.33 +1.33
United Australia Nikki Smeltz 192 0.59 +0.59
Total formal votes 32,389 97.08 +0.52
Informal votes 973 2.92 −0.52
Turnout 33,362 90.04 −0.58
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Brittany Lauga 18,018 55.63 −0.10
Liberal National Adrian de Groot 14,371 44.37 +0.10
Labor hold Swing −0.10
  Labor
  National/Liberal National
  One Nation
  City Country Alliance
  Greens
  Family First
  Australian Democrats
  Katter's Australian
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Independent