Electorate profile: Kennedy
The Australian Federal electorate of Kennedy covers an area extending from the east coast of Queensland near Innisfail to the Northern Territory border.
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Kennedy covers an area of approximately 568,993 sq km from the Gulf of Carpentaria and Mareeba in the north, to Boulia in the south, and from the Queensland border in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. The main towns include Atherton, Babinda, Camooweal, Charters Towers, Cloncurry, Georgetown, Gordonvale, Hughenden, Ingham, Innisfail, Mareeba, Mount Isa, Normanton and Tully.
The electorate is named after Edmund Kennedy (1818-48), an explorer.
The current sitting member for Kennedy is Bob Katter (independent, 1993-present).
The electorate was first proclaimed in 1901.
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