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Federal division, rural

# Leichhardt

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Smith_at_the_2026_Australian_Labor_Party_National_Conference_(028A9046).jpg?width=96)**Matt Smith** Labor, Leichhardt ](https://politics.computer/mp/matt-smith)

About

## About Leichhardt

Leichhardt is a federal electorate in Far North Queensland, covering Cairns, Cooktown, Port Douglas, Weipa, Cape York and the Torres Strait Islands. It is held by Matt Smith of the Australian Labor Party, who has represented the seat since 2025.

Named after

Ludwig Leichhardt, an explorer and scientist

Created

First contested in 1949

Local government areas

Cairns, Cook, Douglas, Torres and Wujal Wujal

Previous members

Warren Entsch held the seat from 1996 to 2007 and won it back in 2010

Previous seat

Covered by Herbert from 1901 to 1934, then Kennedy until 1949

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

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