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Fisher Australian House of Representatives Division

Created:	1949
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Peter Slipper
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Andrew Fisher
Electors:	86,767
Area:	3,322 km²
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Fisher is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Andrew Fisher, three times Prime Minister of Australia. It is located in the Sunshine Coast area north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Beerwah, Maleny, Woodford and Kilcoy. It was a safe seat for the Country Party until the 1980s, but is now fairly safe for the Liberal Party. Its most prominent member has been Sir Charles Adermann, who was Deputy Leader of the Country Party 1958-65.

Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Fisher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Slipper	35,182	44.14	-10.11
	Labor	Darrell Main	27,074	33.97	+3.05
	Independent	Caroline Hutchinson	10,596	13.29	+13.29
	Greens	Matthew Gray	4,474	5.61	-0.09
	Family First	Graeme Cumming	1,728	2.17	-1.33
	Democrats	Carolyn Kerr	655	0.82	-0.78
Total formal votes			79,079	97.06	+2.72
Informal votes			2,418	2.94	-2.72
Turnout			82,127	94.65	+1.99
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Peter Slipper	42,325	53.10	-7.88
	Labor	Darrell Main	37,384	46.90	+7.88
	Liberal hold		Swing	-7.88

Australian federal election, 2004: Fisher
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Slipper	42,651	55.87	+3.85
	Labor	John Gray	22,011	28.84	+3.46
	Greens	Robert Muston	4,617	6.05	+1.87
	Family First	Ronald Stuart Hill	3,174	4.16	+4.16
	One Nation	Kevin J Savage	1,929	2.53	-4.88
	Democrats	Craig Wilmot	1,201	1.57	-2.20
	Great Australians	Liz Hays	748	0.98	+0.98
Total formal votes			76,321	94.64	-0.94
Informal votes			4,320	5.36	+0.94
Turnout			80,641	93.78	+0.74
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Peter Slipper	48,068	62.98	+1.21
	Labor	John Gray	28,253	37.02	-1.21
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.21

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