| Gympie | |
| State: | qld |
| Lifespan: | 1873–1950; 1960–present |
| Mp: | Tony Perrett |
| Mp-Party: | Liberal National |
| Namesake: | Gympie |
| Electors: | 39141 |
| Electors Year: | 2020 |
| Area: | 4628 |
| Class: | Provincial |
| Coordinates: | -26.2°N 199°W |
| Near-N: | Maryborough |
| Near-Ne: | Coral Sea |
| Near-E: | Noosa |
| Near-Se: | Nicklin |
| Near-S: | Glass House |
| Near-Sw: | Nanango |
| Near-W: | Nanango |
| Near-Nw: | Maryborough |
Gympie is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland The electorate is centred on the city of Gympie and stretches north to Rainbow Beach and as far south to Pomona.[1]
The seat is currently held by Tony Perrett of the Liberal National Party.
The district's most famous former member is Andrew Fisher, who later became Prime Minister of Australia.
| Single member electorate (1873–1888) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||
| Robert Lord | Unaligned | 1873–1877 | |||
| James Kidgell | Unaligned | 1877–1878 | |||
| John Hamilton | McIlwraith conservative | 1878–1883 | |||
| William Smyth | Unaligned | 1883–1888 | |||
| Dual member electorate (1888–1912) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
| William Smyth | Unaligned | 1888–1899 | Matthew Mellor | Unaligned | 1888–1893 | |||
| Andrew Fisher | Labour | 1893–1896 | ||||||
| Jacob Stumm | Ministerialist | 1896–1899 | ||||||
| George Ryland | Labour | 1899–1912 | Andrew Fisher | Labour | 1899–1901 | |||
| Daniel Mulcahy | Labour | 1901–1912 | ||||||
| Single member electorate (1912–1950) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||
| George Mackay | Ministerialist | 1912–1915 | |||
| Thomas Dunstan | Labor | 1915–1929 | |||
| Vivian Tozer | Country and Progressive National | 1929–1935 | |||
| Thomas Dunstan | Labor | 1935–1950 | |||
| Single member electorate (1960–present) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | ||
| Max Hodges | Country | 1960–1974 | ||
| National | 1974–1979 | |||
| Len Stephan | National | 1979–2001 | ||
| Elisa Roberts | One Nation | 2001–2002 | ||
| Independent | 2002–2006 | |||
| David Gibson | National | 2006–2008 | ||
| Liberal National | 2008–2015 | |||
| Tony Perrett | Liberal National | 2015–present | ||
See main article: Electoral results for the district of Gympie.