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Kirsten Livermore - Member for Capricornia

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Kirsten Livermore - Member for Capricornia

Parliament House

Tel:
(02) 6277 4738
Fax:
(02) 6277 8434
Email:
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Capricornia Electorate Office

145 - 149 East Street
Rockhampton, QLD, 4700
Toll Free:
1300 301 943
Tel:
(07) 4922 6604
Fax:
(07) 4922 6607

Postal Address:

PO Box 1919
Rockhampton, QLD, 4700

Biography

Kirsten was educated in Mackay and moved to Brisbane to study Commerce and Law at the University of Queensland. She was articled at the law firm Corrs Chambers Westgarth before starting work as a trade union organiser for the Community and Public Sector Union. She moved north to work with the Central Queensland Community Legal Centre.

Her community work has included involvement in the Capricorn Youth Shelter, Rockhampton Women's Shelter, Girls Time Out Youth Support Centre and the Yeppoon Surf club. She has been Member for Capricornia since 1998.

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State: Queensland

Name Derivation: Named after a district name apparently originating from the fact that the Tropic of Capricorn passes through the area.

Area and Location Description: Capricornia covers an area of approximately 92 889 sq km from Collinsville in the north, the Capricorn Coast in the east and the Shire of Belyando in the west. The City of Rockhampton and the towns of Collinsville, Dysart, Emu Park, Glenden, Marlborough, Mirani, Moranbah, Mount Morgan, Moura, Nebo, St Lawrence, Sarina, Yeppoon and parts of Clermont, Gracemere, and Middlemount. Nearby islands, including Great Keppel Island are also included in this division.

Products/Industries of the Area: Primary production, grains, beef cattle, grazing, fishing, coal mining, meat works, dairy products and tourism.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1900/1901

Demographic Rating: Provincial

Members:

  • LIVERMORE, K (ALP) 1998-
  • MAREK, P (NP) 1996-1998
  • HENZELL, M M (ALP) 1993-1996
  • WRIGHT, K W (ALP) 1984-1993
  • EVERINGHAM, D N (ALP) 1977-1984
  • CARIGE, C L (NCP) 1975-1977
  • EVERINGHAM, D N (ALP) 1967-1975
  • GRAY, G H (ALP) 1961-1967
  • PEARCE, H G (LP) 1949-1961
  • DAVIDSON, C W (LP) 1946-1949
  • FORDE, F M (ALP) 1922-1946
  • HIGGS, W (ALP) 1910-1922
  • ARCHER, E W (ANTI-SOC) 1906-1910
  • THOMSON, D A (ALP) 1903-1906
  • PATERSON, A (IND) 1901-1903