Namesake Charters Towers | Dates current 1888–1960; 1992–2009 | |
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Charters Towers was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It has had three incarnations, most recently being created as part of a redistribution in 1991 and lasting until 2008.
The electorate covered a vast area of central Queensland, from Etheridge Shire in the north to Jericho Shire in the south. Major locations within the division included Georgetown, Charters Towers, Hughenden, Richmond, Moranbah, Clermont, Tieri, Alpha, Aramac and Muttaburra.
In 2008, Charters Towers was abolished—with effect at the 2009 state election—as a result of a redistribution undertaken by the Electoral Commission of Queensland. Its former territory and voters were split between the districts of Burdekin, Gregory, Mount Isa and the new seat of Dalrymple.
An earlier district called Charters Towers based in the same region existed from 1888 to 1960. Firstly as a dual member electorate, and from 1912 as a single member electorate. Its most notable representative was Anderson Dawson of the Labor Party, Premier of Queensland for six days in December 1899, and leader of the world's first parliamentary socialist government.