Electoral district of Barron River
state electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Barron River is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1972.
| Barron River Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Barron River, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1972–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Craig Crawford | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | T C Barron, police clerk | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,492 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 568 km2 (219.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 16°51′S 145°44′E / 16.850°S 145.733°E | ||||||||||||||
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Barron River is in Cairns.
Election results
change| 2020 Queensland state election: Barron River[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Craig Crawford | 12,385 | 39.46 | +5.98 | |
| Liberal National | Linda Cooper | 12,092 | 38.53 | +7.90 | |
| Greens | Aaron McDonald | 4,134 | 13.17 | +0.65 | |
| One Nation | Susan Andrews | 1,852 | 5.90 | −10.88 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Adam Rowe | 575 | 1.83 | +1.83 | |
| United Australia | Jenny Brown | 345 | 1.10 | +1.10 | |
| Total formal votes | 31,383 | 96.74 | +1.38 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,059 | 3.26 | −1.38 | ||
| Turnout | 32,442 | 86.53 | +2.58 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Craig Crawford | 16,653 | 53.06 | +1.20 | |
| Liberal National | Linda Cooper | 14,730 | 46.94 | −1.20 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.20 | |||