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Herbert was a Legislative Assembly
electorate Electorate may refer to: * The people who are eligible to vote in an election, especially their number e.g. the term ''size of (the) electorate'' * The dominion of a prince-elector in the Holy Roman Empire until 1806 * An electoral district ...
in the
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(colony until 1901) of
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
.


History

Herbert was created in 1888. It was located in north-east Queensland, initially from
Cairns Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people. The city was founded in 1876 and named after William Cairns, Sir W ...
to
Townsville The City of Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 201,313 as of 2024, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland and Northern Australia (specifically, the parts of Australia north of ...
. It was abolished in the 1949 redistribution (taking effect at the 1950 elections), being incorporated into the newly created Electoral district of Mourilyan.


Members

The following people were elected in the seat of Herbert:


Election results


See also

*
Electoral districts of Queensland This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia. Current Districts by region Districts in Far North Queensland * Barron River *Cairns * Coo ...
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state parliament of Queensland, sorted by parliament. See also * Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts This is a list of current and former Electoral di ...
by year * :Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name *
Division of Herbert The Division of Herbert is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of Queensland. Eligible voters within the Division elect a single representative ...
for the federal House of Representatives electorate of the same name


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Herbert Former electoral districts of Queensland 1888 establishments in Australia 1950 disestablishments in Australia Constituencies established in 1888 Constituencies disestablished in 1950