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# Barron River

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miss_Bree_James_-_Barron_River_MP.jpg?width=96)**Bree James** LNP, Barron River ](https://politics.computer/mp/bree-james)

About

## About Barron River

Barron River is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the state's north, covering the northern suburbs of Cairns and Kuranda. It is currently held by Bree James of the LNP.

Created

1971 redistribution

Area covered

Northern suburbs of Cairns, plus Kuranda

Named after

Barron River, which runs through its centre

Bordered by

Cook, Cairns and Mulgrave districts

Sitting member

Bree James (LNP)

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

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