Electoral Districts Act 1985 (Qld)

477 (1 ueenslant ANNO TRICESIMO QUARTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 37 of 1985 An Act to make provision for the better distribution of electoral districts [ASSENTED TO 19TH APRIL, 1985] 19

478 Electoral Districts .-1ct 1985, No. 37 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by ant the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queenslz Parliament assembled , and by the authority of the same , as folic PART I-PRELIMINARY 1. Short title . This Act may be cited as the Electoral Distric 1985. 2. Arrangement of Act. This Act is arranged as follows:- PART I-PRELIMINARY ( ss. 1-4); PART II-REPRESENTATION BY ZONING ( ss. 5-7); PART III-FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF ELECT( DISTRICTS ( ss. 8-13); PART IV-SUBSEQUENT REDISTRIBUTIONS ELECTORAL DISTRICTS (ss. 14-19); PART V-GENERAL ( ss. 20-25); SCHEDULE. 3. Present Parliament . (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the or authority of the Legislative Assembly as duly constituted befoi subsisting at the commencement of this Act (hereinafter in th referred to as the present Legislative Assembly), and the present Legi: Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved by the Governor, col accordingly for three years from the day named for the return writs for choosing the same. (2) Every member of the present Legislative Assembly shall col to sit for the electoral district represented by him immediately pi the commencement of this Act until he dies or resigns or his otherwise vacated or the present Legislative Assembly expires by efll of time or is sooner dissolved. (3) If a member of the present Legislative Assembly dies or r or his seat is otherwise vacated prior to the expiration or s dissolution as aforesaid of the present Legislative Assembly, an: for supplying that vacancy shall issue for the electoral district repre! by him as constituted immediately prior to the commencement c Act, and the by-election shall be held accordingly. (4) The general roll containing the names of electors for an ele district as constituted immediately prior to the commencement c Act last prepared prior to such commencement together m supplemental roll of the names of all electors who, if that ele district had continued to be so constituted, would have been er under the Elections Act 1983 to be added since the date to whit general roll is compiled to the roll of electors for that electoral d as so constituted shall, with and subject to all corrections and era of or from that general roll and supplemental roll made pursue the Elections Act 1983, be the roll of electors for the purposes c

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 479 by-election for-that electoral district held in accordance with the provisions of this section. (5) The making of any correction or erasure of or from a general or supplemental roll to which subsection (4) refers that could lawfully have been made thereof or therefrom pursuant to the Elections Act 1983 if this Act had not been passed is hereby authorized. (6) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section , the ElectoralDistricts Act 1971 and Part II of the Electoral Districts Act and AnotherAct Amendment Act 1977 are hereby repealed. 4. Number of members of Legislative Assembly . (1) From and after the expiration by effluxion of time or the sooner dissolution of the present Legislative Assembly. the Legislative Assembly shall consist of 89 members. (2) The State of Queensland shall, subject to this Act, be distributed from time to time into 89 electoral districts. (3) One member shall be returned to the Legislative Assembly for each such electoral district. PART II-REPRESENTATION BY ZONING 5. Zones . (1) The State of Queensland shall be and is hereby divided into four Zones of representation as follows, that is to say:- Zone 1, which shall be called the "South-Eastern Zone", and which shall comprise that portion of the State of Queensland more particularly described in Part I of the Schedule; Zone 2, which shall be called the "Provincial Cities Zone", and which shall comprise those portions of the State of Queensland more particularly described in Part II of the Schedule; Zone 3, which shall be called the "Western and Far Northern Zone", and which shall comprise that portion of the State of Queensland more particularly described in Part III of the Schedule; Zone 4, which shall be called the "Country Zone", and which shall comprise those portions of the State of Queensland more particularly described in Part IV of the Schedule. (2) A reference in the Schedule to- (a) the Area of a City, Town or Shire; or (b) the Area constituted by a Division, or Divisions, of the Area of a Shire is a reference to such Area or Area as constituted under the Local Government Act 1936-1984 at the commencement of this Act. (3) An island that is part of the State of Queensland and that is not comprised in a Zone prescribed by this Act pursuant to any provision of this Act other than this subsection shall be comprised in such Zone

480 Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 as is nearest to it and, where that Zone is the Provincial Cities Zone, shall be comprised in such Area of that Zone as is nearest to it. 6. Number of electoral districts in respective Zones. (1) Zone 1 (the South-Eastern Zone) shall be divided into 51 electoral districts. (2) Zone 2 (the Provincial Cities Zone) shall be divided into 13 electoral districts. (3) Zone 3 (the Western and Far Northern Zone) shall be divided into 8 electoral districts. (4) Zone 4 (the Country Zone) shall be divided into 17 electoral districts. 7. Distribution of Zones into electoral districts . (1) Each and every Zone prescribed by this Act shall be respectively completely distributed into the number of electoral districts prescribed therefor by this Act before the expiration by the effluxion of time or the sooner dissolution of the present Legislative Assembly. (2) Thereafter, subject to this Act, all or any of such Zones may respectively be completely or partially redistributed from time to time but any such complete or partial redistribution shall in respect of a particular Zone be so made that such Zone shall at all times be and remain divided into the number of electoral districts prescribed therefor by this Act. PART III-FIRST DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS 8. Appointment of Commissioners . (1) For the purposes of the complete distribution, before the expiration or dissolution as aforesaid of the present Legislative Assembly, of the four Zones prescribed by this Act into the numbers of electoral districts respectively prescribed therefor by this Act, three Electoral Commissioners shall be appointed by the Governor in Council by commission under his hand and seal. One of the Commissioners shall be appointed chairman of the Commissioners. (2) Each Commissioner shall receive such payment by way of salary or allowances, or both, as the Governor in Council thinks fit. (3) If before such complete distribution is finally made as herein provided any Commissioner dies or for any cause becomes incapable of acting, another Commissioner shall in like manner be appointed in his stead. 9. Duty of Commissioners . It shall be the duty of such Commissioners to completely distribute each and every Zone prescribed by this Act into the number of electoral districts prescribed therefor by this Act. 10. Basis of distribution in Zones ( other than the Provincial Cities Zone ). (1) Provision for the number of electoral districts prescribed by this Act for the South-Eastern Zone, the Western and Far Northern

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 481 Zone and the Country Zone prescribed by this Act respectively shall be made by the Commissioners on the basis approximately of a quota of electors as provided by this section. (2) The quota of electors in respect of each Zone to which this section relates shall be the resultant quotient (disregarding any fraction less than one) obtained by dividing the total number of electors ascertained under subsection (3) to have been living in that Zone on the prescribed date by the number of electoral districts prescribed by this Act for that Zone. (3) The number of electors living in a Zone to which this section relates on the prescribed date shall be the aggregate number of electors who on that date were, pursuant to the Elections Act 1983, enrolled for all of the electoral districts and parts, if any, of electoral districts as constituted immediately prior to the commencement of this Act that are within the boundaries of that Zone. (4) A certificate under the hand of the Principal Electoral Officer published in the Gazette and certifying the numbers of electors respectively living in the Zones to which this section relates on the prescribed date (or in any such Zone) shall be conclusive proof of the numbers of electors respectively living in such Zones or, according as stated in the certificate, in the Zone in question on the said date, and the Commissioners shall use any such certificate accordingly. (5) The Commissioners may adopt a margin of allowance to be used whenever necessary, but, subject to subsection (6), the quota shall not in respect of any electoral district be departed from to 4 greater extent than one-fifth more or one-fifth less. (6) In the case of electoral districts in the Western and Far Northern Zone where, having regard to distance from the seat of Government, means of communication, density of population, size of those districts or any of them, and the need to absorb the number of electors within that Zone in electoral districts in that Zone, the Commissioners are of opinion that special circumstances apply whereby special treatment should be accorded to any one or more of those electoral districts, the quota may be departed from (be it more or less) to a greater extent than one-fifth. 11. Basis of distribution in the Provincial Cities Zone. (1) Provision for the number of electoral districts prescribed by this Act for the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this Act shall be made by the Commissioners by- (a) dividing into three electoral districts each of the following Areas:- (i) the Bundaberg Area; (ii) the Central Queensland area; (iii) the Townsville area; (b) dividing into two electoral districts each of the following Areas:- (i) the Cairns Area; (ii) the Mackay Area. (2) The quota of electors in respect of each Area comprised in the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this section to be divided into

482 Electoral Districts Act 1985. No. 37 three electoral districts shall be the resultant quotient (disregarding any fraction less than one) obtained by dividing the total number of electors ascertained under subsection (4) to have been living in the Area on the prescribed date by three. (3) The quota of electors in respect of each Area comprised in the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this section to be divided into two electoral districts shall be the resultant quotient (disregarding any fraction less than one) obtained by dividing the total number of electors ascertained under subsection (4) to have been living in the Area on the prescribed date by two. (4) The number of electors living in an Area referred to in subsection (2) or (3) on the prescribed date shall be the aggregate number of electors who on that date were, pursuant to the Elections Act 1983, enrolled for all of the electoral districts and parts, if any, of electoral districts as constituted immediately prior to the commencement of this Act that are within that Area. (5) A certificate under the hand of the Principal Electoral Officer published in the Gazette and certifying the numbers of electors respectively living in the Areas referred to in subsection (2) or (3) on the prescribed date (or in any of those Areas) shall be conclusive proof of the numbers of electors respectively living in such Areas or, according as stated in the certificate, in any such Area or Areas on the said date, and the Commissioners shall use any such certificate accordingly. (6) The Commissioners may adopt a margin of allowance to be used in dividing an Area comprised in the Provincial Cities Zone into two or, as the case may be, three electoral districts, but the quota shall not in respect of the electoral districts into which such an Area is divided be departed from to a greater extent than one-fifth more or one fifth less. 12. Matters to be considered in distributing Zones. (1) Subject to sections 9, 10 and 11, in distributing a Zone prescribed by this Act into the number of electoral districts prescribed therefor by this Act, consideration shall be given by the Commissioners to- (a) community or diversity of interest; (b) means of communication; (c) physical features; (d) the boundaries of Areas of Local Authorities and Divisions of Local Authorities; (e) distance from the seat of government; (f) density of population; (g) demographic trends, but in so distributing such a Zone into electoral districts the boundaries of the electoral districts shall, in so far as in the opinion of the Commissioners circumstances pen. it. conform with boundaries of Areas of Local Authorities and boundaries of Divisions of Areas of Local Authorities.

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 483 (2) Suggestions in writing with respect to the distribution of a Zone prescribed by this Act into the number of electoral districts prescribed therefor by this Act may be lodged with the Commissioners not later than one calendar month after the date of the appointment of the Commissioners under and for the purposes of this Part, and the Commissioners may consider suggestions so lodged. 13. Meaning of "the prescribed date ". In this Part, the expression "the prescribed date" means such one of those dates, being the last day of April, August or December or other date substituted by Order in Council for any of those dates for the purposes of section 12 of the Jury Act 1929-1982, as is closest to and last precedes the appointment of Commissioners for the purposes of this Part. PART IV-SUBSEQUENT REDISTRIBUTIONS OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS 14. When subsequent redistributions may be made. If at any time- (a) the number of electors for any electoral district or the numbers of electors respectively enrolled for any two or more electoral districts as constituted for the time being (and whether, in the case of two or more electoral districts, situated within the same Zone as prescribed by this Act or .within different such Zones) is or are so much above or so much below the applicable quota or the respective applicable quotas as ascertained under sections 10 and 11 (after. taking into consideration the applicable margin of allowance or the respective applicable margins of allowance provided for in the said sections 10 and 11 and, in relation to any electoral district to which subsection (6) of section 10 has been applied by the Commissioners in any distribution or redistribution, after making due allowance for the matters specified in that subsection); or (b) the total number of electors within the State or within any locality or localities thereof has increased or decreased to such an extent that, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, it has become necessary to make- (c) a complete redistribution-that is to say, a redistribution of all of the electoral districts for the State; or (d) a partial redistribution-that is to say, a redistribution of those electoral districts that are affected by the matters, or any of the matters, set out in paragraphs (a) and (b), the Governor in Council may, according as he deems necessary in the circumstances, cause all or any of the Zones prescribed by this Act to be respectively completely or partially redistributed. 15. Appointment of Commissioners . For the purpose of making any complete or partial redistribution under this Part, the Governor in Council shall appoint three Electoral Commissioners under and pursuant

484 Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 to section 8, and for that purpose the provisions of that section shall apply and extend. 16. Duty of Commissioners . It shall be the duty of the Commissioners appointed pursuant to section 15 to make, according as is specified by the commission appointing them, a complete or partial redistribution in manner provided by this Act, but they shall so make such complete or partial redistribution in respect of a Zone prescribed by this Act that such Zone shall at all times be and remain divided into the number of electoral districts prescribed therefor by this Act and, in the case of the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this Act, that each of the Areas comprised therein shall, according as prescribed by this Act, at all times be divided into three or, as the case may be, two electoral districts. 17. Fresh quotas. (1) Where the South-Eastern Zone, the Western and Far Northern Zone or the Country Zone prescribed by this Act is affected by the redistribution to be made by the Commissioners appointed under this Part, they shall ascertain a quota of electors in respect of the Zone and- (a) for that purpose the number of electors living in the Zone so affected shall be and be deemed to be the aggregate number of electors who on the prescribed date were, pursuant to the Elections Act 1983, enrolled for all of the existing electoral districts within the boundaries of that Zone; and (b) subject to such adaptations thereof as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of paragraph (a), section 10 shall apply and be observed accordingly by the Commissioners, the Principal Electoral Officer and all other persons concerned. (2) In relation to the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this Act, the Commissioners appointed under this Part shall ascertain a quota of electors in respect of each Area comprised in that Zone prescribed by this Act to be divided into two or, as the case may be, three electoral districts that is affected by the redistribution to be made by them and- (a) for that purpose the number of electors living in an Area so affected shall be and be deemed to be the aggregate number of electors who on the prescribed date were, pursuant to the Elections Act 1983, enrolled for the two or, as the case may be, three existing electoral districts within that Area; and (b) subject to all such adaptations thereof as are necessary to give effect to the provisions of paragraph (a), section 11 shall apply and be observed accordingly by the Commissioners, the Principal Electoral Officer, and all other persons concerned. (3) Subject to observing all other requirements of this Act, in making a complete or partial redistribution under this Part, consideration shall be given by the Commissioners to the matters specified in subsection (1) of section 12.

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 485 (4) Suggestions in writing with respect to a complete or partial redistribution under this Part may be lodged with the Commissioners not later than one calendar month after the date of the appointment of the Commissioners for the purpose of making the redistribution in question, and the Commissioners may consider suggestions so lodged. 18. Existing Parliament . (1) Nothing in this Part shall affect the power or authority of the Legislative Assembly as duly constituted before and subsisting at the date of the appointment of Commissioners to make a complete or partial redistribution under this Part, and that Legislative Assembly shall, unless sooner dissolved by the Governor, continue accordingly for three years from the day named for the return of the writs for choosing the same. (2) Every member of that Legislative Assembly shall continue to sit for the electoral district represented by him immediately prior to the appointment of the Commissioners until he dies or resigns or his seat is otherwise vacated or that Legislative Assembly expires by effluxion of time or is sooner dissolved. (3) If a member of that Legislative Assembly dies or resigns or his seat is otherwise vacated prior to the expiration or sooner dissolution as aforesaid of that Legislative Assembly, any writ for supplying that vacancy shall issue for the electoral district represented by him as constituted immediately prior to the appointment of the Commissioners, and the by-election shall be held accordingly. (4) The general roll containing the names of electors for an electoral district as constituted immediately prior to the appointment of the Commissioners last prepared prior to the date of such appointment together with a supplemental roll of the names of all electors who, if that electoral district had continued to be so constituted, would have been entitled under the Elections Act 1983 to be added since the date to which the general roll is compiled to the roll of electors for that electoral district as so constituted shall, with and subject to all corrections and erasures of or from that general roll and supplemental roll made pursuant to the Elections Act 1983, be the roll of electors for the purposes of any by-election for that electoral district held in accordance with the provisions of this section. (5) The making of any correction or erasure of or from a general or supplemental roll to which subsection (4) refers that could lawfully have been made thereof or therefrom pursuant to the Elections Act 1983 if Commissioners had not been appointed as aforesaid is hereby authorized. 19. Meaning of "the prescribed date". In this Part, the expression "the prescribed date" means such one of those dates, being the last day of April, August or December or other date substituted by Order in Council for any of those dates for the purposes of section 12 of the Jury Act 1929-1982, as is closest to and last precedes the appointment of Commissioners for the purposes of this Part.

486 Electoral Districts Act 1985 , No. 37 PART V-GENERAL. 20. Names of electoral districts . The Commissioners shall designate by name any and every electoral district proposed by them and for that purpose may adopt or refuse to adopt the name of any existing electoral district, but in the case of an Area comprised in the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this Act that is required by this Act to be divided into two or three electoral districts, unless the Commissioners deem it inappropriate so to do, each electoral district into which the Area is divided shall be designated by a name that includes the name of the city or town the Area whereof is comprised, wholly or partially, in that electoral district and, should the case require it, by an additional word or words identifying the particular electoral district. 21. Notice of proposed distribution or redistribution . (1) The Commissioners shall cause to be prepared a map or maps showing the names and boundaries of each and every electoral district proposed by them. (2) One and the same map may be so prepared in respect of all proposed electoral districts or a group of two or more proposed electoral districts or a particular proposed electoral district. (3) The boundaries of any and every Zone prescribed by this Act shall, to the extent, if any, to which they are conterminous with the boundaries of any proposed electoral district, be delineated on the map showing that district. (4) The Commissioners shall (not later than a date to be appointed by Proclamation) cause to be publicly exhibited, in some conspicuous place at the court house at every place appointed under the Justices Act1886-1982 for holding magistrates courts and at every police station within a proposed electoral district, a copy of the map showing that proposed electoral district. (5) The Commissioners shall also cause to be prepared a statement showing- (a) the quota or, as the case may be, the respective quotas ascertained by them in respect of the Zone or Zones prescribed by this Act (or, in the case of the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this Act, any Area comprised in that Zone) affected by the distribution to be made by them; (b) the names of each and every electoral district proposed by them showing every such name in relation to the Zone for which the electoral district is proposed; (c) the approximate number of electors in each and every proposed electoral district; and (d) the description of the boundaries of each and every proposed electoral district. (6) The Commissioners shall (not later than the date appointed pursuant to subsection (4)) cause to be deposited at the court house at every place appointed under the Justices Act 1886-1982 for holding

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 487 magistrates courts and every police station within a proposed electoral district a copy of such statement. (7) Where there is no place appointed under the Justices Act 1886- 1982 for holding magistrates courts and no police station within a proposed electoral district, the Commissioners shall cause a copy of the map and a copy of the statement to be publicly exhibited or, as the case requires, deposited within the time specified in that behalf at the place so appointed or the police station that in the opinion of the Commissioners is nearest to the proposed electoral district. (8) The map and statement shall thereupon, and for a period of one calendar month thereafter, be available for inspection by any elector at all times during which the court house or police station is open for the transaction of public business. 22. Objections. Objections or suggestions in writing with respect to any proposed electoral district (whether proposed for the purposes of making a complete distribution under Part III or a complete or partial redistribution under Part IV) may be lodged with the Commissioners not later than one calendar month after the date appointed pursuant to section 21 (4), and the Commissioners shall consider all objections and suggestions so lodged before finally making such distribution or, as the case may be, redistribution. 23. Report by Commissioners. The Commissioners shall (not later than a date to be appointed by Proclamation) make and forward to the Premier a report upon the distribution or, as the case may be, the complete or partial redistribution made by them, setting out- (a) the quota or, as the case may be, the respective quotas ascertained by them in respect of the Zone or Zones (or, in the case of the Provincial Cities Zone prescribed by this Act, any Area comprised in that Zone) affected by such distribution or, as the case may be, complete or partial redistribution; (b) the names of each and every electoral district as determined by them showing every such name in relation to the Zone for which it has been so determined; (c) the approximate number of electors in each and every such electoral district; (d) the description of the boundaries of each and every such electoral district. 24. Proclamation of electoral districts . (1) The names and boundaries of the electoral districts as determined by the Commissioners in their report to the Premier shall forthwith be proclaimed by Proclamation. (2) The electoral districts as determined by the Commissioners pursuant to the complete distribution made under Part III and as so proclaimed shall be the electoral districts of the State of Queensland from and after the expiration by the eflluxion of time or the sooner

488 Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 dissolution of the present Legislative Assembly, subject, however, to any later complete or partial redistribution made under Part IV, and shall each return one member to the Legislative Assembly but if, before the Commissioners are appointed under Part III for the purposes of a complete distribution or, the Commissioners having been so appointed, before the Commissioners have made and forwarded a report upon the distribution pursuant to section 23, the present Legislative Assembly expires by the effluxion of time or is sooner dissolved, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, writs for the election of members to serve in the Legislative Assembly shall issue for the electoral districts as constituted immediately before the commencement of this Act and elections of members to serve in the Legislative Assembly shall be held accordingly, and the roll of electors for the purposes of the election for each such electoral district held in accordance with the provisions of this subsection shall be the roll for the electoral district compiled in accordance with the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of section 3 in all respects as though the election for each such electoral district were a by-election to which that section applies. Upon the election of a Legislative Assembly at a general election under this subsection, any reference in this Act to the "present Legislative Assembly" shall be read as a reference to the Legislative Assembly so elected. (3) The electoral districts as determined by the Commissioners pursuant to any complete or partial redistribution made under Part IV and as so proclaimed shall, subject to subsection (4), be the electoral districts of Queensland from and after the expiration by the effluxion of time or the sooner dissolution of the Legislative Assembly existing when such complete or partial redistribution shall have been made or, if a Legislative Assembly is not then constituted, from and after the expiration by effluxion of time or the sooner dissolution of the Legislative Assembly first duly constituted after such complete or partial redistribution shall have been made, subject, however, to any later complete or partial redistribution made under the said Part IV, and shall each return one member to the Legislative Assembly. (4) In the case of a partial redistribution under the said Part IV, the existing electoral districts not affected thereby and the new electoral districts determined thereby shall together be the electoral districts of Queensland from and after the expiration by the effluxion of time or the sooner dissolution of the Legislative Assembly existing when such partial redistribution shall have been made, subject, however, to any later complete or partial redistribution made under the said Part IV, and shall each return one member to the Legislative Assembly. (5) Any division by the Commissioners of the State or, in the case of a partial redistribution, any part of the State into electoral districts made or purporting to have been made pursuant to Part III or Part IV shall, on the Proclamation of the names and boundaries of the said electoral districts, be final and conclusive, and shall not be impeachable for any informality or want of form or be appealed against, reviewed, quashed or in any way called in question in any court whatsoever.

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 489 25. Electoral rolls. (1) The Principal Electoral Officer shall compile an electoral roll of the electors in each and every electoral district determined by Commissioners under Part III or Part IV and proclaimed in accordance with this Act, and for that purpose there shall be for each and every electoral district general rolls and supplemental rolls to the general rolls , which rolls shall be prepared under and in accordance with the requirements of the Elections Act 1983; and that Act shall, subject to the other provisions of this section, apply and extend accordingly. (2) The first such general roll for an electoral district determined by Commissioners under Part III or Part IV and proclaimed in accordance with this Act shall contain the names of electors registered as living in that district on the date when that district is so proclaimed. (3) The Principal Electoral Officer is hereby empowered to issue such orders and give such directions as he may consider necessary or expedient for the purpose of the compilation of electoral rolls in pursuance of this section; and any such orders and directions shall have the force of law and shall be obeyed. (4) The general roll prepared for any electoral district in pursuance of this section, with any supplemental rolls for that district, shall be the existing roll of electors for that district within the meaning and for the purposes of the Elections Act 1983 until a new roll of electors for that electoral district has been prepared under and pursuant to that Act. SCHEDULE [s. 5] Part I South - Eastern Zone All that portion of the State of Queensland comprising- (a) the Areas of the Cities of Brisbane (as constituted and declared by the City ofBrisbaneAct 1924- 1982 at the commencement of this Act), Gold Coast, Ipswich , Logan, Redcliffe and Toowoomba; (b) the Areas of the Shires of Redland , Albert, Beaudesert, Boonah , Moreton , Laidley , Gatton , Crow' s Nest, Esk, Nanango , Kilcoy , Noosa , Maroochy , Landsborough, Caboolture and Pine Rivers; and (c) the areas constituted by- (i) the part of Division 4 of the Area of the Shire of Rosalie that , at the commencement of this Act , is comprised in the electoral district of Somerset; (ii) Division 4 of the Area of the Shire of Widgee; and (iii) Moreton Island and the islands within the limits of Moreton Bay.

490 Electoral Districts .-Ict 1985, ko. 37 Part II Provincial Cities Zone All those portions of the State of Queensland comprising- (a) the Area (in this Act referred to as the "Bundaberg Area") constituted by- (i) the Areas of the Cities of Bundaberg, Maryborough and Hervey Bay; (ii) the Areas of the Shires rof Isis, Tiaro and Woocoo; and (iii) Division 3 of the Area of the Shire of Woongarra; (b) the Area (in this Act referred to as the "Cairns Area") constituted by- (i) the Area of the City of Cairns; (ii) the Area of the Shire of Douglas, excluding the community of Wujal Wujal; (iii) Division 4 of the Area of the Shire of Musgrave, and that part of the Area of Division I of the Shire of Musgrave that is comprised in the area that lies to the east of the line commencing at the intersection of the Cairns City boundary and the Bruce Highway, thence along the Bruce Highway to Skeleton Creek, thence along Skeleton Creek to its junction with Smith's Creek, thence along Smith's Creek to its junction with Wrights Creek, thence along Wrights Creek to the North Coast railway line, thence along that railway line to the southern boundary of Division 1 of the Shire of Musgrave; and (iv) Yarrabah Community; (c) the Area (in this Act referred to as the "Central Queensland Area") constituted by- (i) the Area of the City of Rockhampton; (ii) the Area of the City of Gladstone; (iii) the Area of the Shire of Mount Morgan; (iv) Division I of the Area of the Shire of Fitzroy; and (v) Division 1 of the Area of the Shire of Calliope; (d) the Area (in this Act referred to as the "Mackay Area") constituted by- (i) the Area of the City of Mackay; (ii) Divisions 1 and 3 of the Area of the Shire of Pioneer; and (iii) the Area of the Shire of Proserpine; (e) the Area (in this Act referred to as the "Townsville Area") constituted by- (i) the Area of the City of Townsville; and (ii) the Area of Division 4 of the Shire of Thuringowa, and that part of Divisions 1 and 2 of the Area of the Shire

Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 491 of Thuringowa that is comprised in an area bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the Townsville South boundary (as comprised at the commencement of this Act) and the Flinders Highway, thence along the Flinders Highway to Antill Creek, thence along Antill Creek to Five Head Creek, thence along Five Head Creek to Ross River, thence along Ross River in a generally south-westerly direction to its junction with the existing boundary between Divisions 1 and 2 of the Thuringowa Shire, thence along that Divisional boundary in a generally westerly direction to the boundary of the Thuringowa and Dalrymple Shires, thence along that boundary to its junction with Leichhardt Creek, thence along Leichhardt Creek to the coast line, thence in a straight line to join the existing Zone boundary, north of Acheron island. Part III Western and Far Northern Zone All that portion of the State of Queensland comprising- (a) the Area of the City of Charters Towers; (b) the Area of the City of Mt. Isa; (c) the Area of the Town of Roma; (d) the Area of the Town of Weipa; (e) Divisions 1 and 2 of the Area of the Shire of Waggamba and the part of division 3 of the Area of that Shire that, at the commencement of this Act , is comprised in the electoral district of Balonne; (1) the Areas of the Shires of Tara, Warroo, Balonne, Paroo, Bulloo, Murilla , Bendemere , Bungil, Booringa , Murweh, Tambo, Blackall, Quilpie , Isisford , Barcoo, Diamantina, Bauhinia , Emerald , Peak Downs , Jericho, Aramac, Barcaldine , Ilfracombe , Longreach , Winton, Boulia , Flinders, Richmond , McKinlay, Etheridge , Croydon , Carpentaria, Cook , Cloncurry , Burke , Torres , Mornington and Aurukun, and the Communities of Badu Island , Bamaga , Boigu Island, Coconut Island , Cowal Creek , Darnley Island , Dauan Island, Doomadgee , Edward River, Hammond Island, Hope Vale, Kowanyama , Kubin , Lockhart River , Mabuiag Island, Murray Island , New Mapoon , Saibai Island , St. Pauls, Stephen Island , Umagico , Warraber Island, Weipa South, Wujal Wujal, Yam Island and Yorke Island; (g) Divisions 1, 3 and 4 of the Area of the Shire of Belyando and that part of Division 2 of that Shire that lies west of a line drawn along the crest of the Denham Range from where the Denham Range crosses the Nebo Shire boundary to a

492 Electoral Districts Act 1985, No. 37 point where the Denham Range crosses the Broadsound Shire boundary; (h) Division 1 of the Area of the Shire of Dalrymple and that part of Division 2 of the Area of the Shire of Dalrymple that at the commencement of this Act is comprised in the electoral district of Flinders; (i) That part of Division 2 of the Area of the Shire of Mareeba that lies generally west of the eastern boundary of Harbord and Hurricane holdings to its junction with the existing boundary of Division I of the Shire of Mareeba at the Hodgkinson River. Part IV Country Zone All that portion of the State of Queensland that is not comprised in the Southeastern Zone, the Provincial Cities Zone or the Western and Far Northern Zone prescribed by this Act.