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# Capricornia

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michelle_Landry_2016.jpg?width=96)**Michelle Landry** LNP, Capricornia ](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-landry)

About

## About Capricornia

Capricornia is a federal electoral division in Queensland, in the House of Representatives. It comprises the city of Rockhampton and stretches along the Pacific coast to the southwestern outer suburbs of Mackay. Its sitting member is Michelle Landry of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Named after

The Tropic of Capricorn, which runs through the division

Created

One of the original 65 divisions contested at the first federal election

Current member since

2013

First election result

Alexander Paterson elected with 51% of votes

Labor held

All but two terms from 1961 to 2013; exceptions were 1975 and 1996

Best-known member

Frank Forde, briefly Prime Minister of Australia in 1945

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FCapricornia), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Capricornia whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Capricornia yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Capricornia are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in Queensland

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- [Bowman](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bowman)
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- [Dawson](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dawson)
- [Dickson](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dickson)
- [Fadden](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fadden)
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- [Flynn](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/flynn)
- [Forde](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/forde)
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- [Herbert](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/herbert)
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- [Moreton](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/moreton)
- [Oxley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/oxley)

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