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Queensland state district

# Cairns

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [ **Michael Healy** Labor, Cairns ](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-healy)

About

## About Cairns

Cairns is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, covering the central business district and inner suburbs of Cairns in Far North Queensland. The sitting member is Michael Healy of the Labor Party.

Created

1888

Major locations

Bungalow, Manoora, Kanimbla, Earlville and Woree

Sitting member

Michael Healy (Labor)

Defeated by Healy

Rob Pyne, in 2017

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

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- [Currumbin](https://politics.computer/seats/qld/currumbin)
- [Everton](https://politics.computer/seats/qld/everton)

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