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Federal division, rural

# Wide Bay

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Llew_O'Brien_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Llew O'Brien** LNP, Wide Bay ](https://politics.computer/mp/llew-o-brien)

About

## About Wide Bay

Wide Bay is a rural federal electoral division in south east Queensland, covering Maryborough, Gympie, Noosa and K'gari. It is held by Llew O'Brien of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Created

Proclaimed in 1900, one of the original 65 divisions

Classification

Rural

First member

Andrew Fisher, later three-time Prime Minister

Previous members

Warren Truss, 1990 to 2016

Party history

Mostly conservative; one other Labor member has won it

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

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