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Federal division, rural

# Kennedy

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Katter.jpg?width=96)**Bob Katter** Katter's Australian Party, Kennedy ](https://politics.computer/mp/bob-katter)

About

## About Kennedy

Kennedy is an electoral division in Queensland, stretching from the Northern Territory border and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Coral Sea, south-east of Cairns and north-west of Townsville. It is held by Bob Katter of Katter's Australian Party, who has represented the seat since 1993\. Katter's ads focus on the topics listed on the page.

Created

Proclaimed in 1900, one of the original 65 divisions

Named after

Edmund Kennedy, an explorer in the area

Classification

Rural

Largest population centre

Mount Isa, in the far west

Previous members

Darby Riordan (1929-1936); Bill Riordan (1936-1966); Bob Katter Sr. (1966-1990)

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

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