Kennedy

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Kennedy is a vast rural federal electoral division in Queensland, Australia, known for encompassing remote outback communities and mining towns.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal electoral division
areaCharacteristic vast
border Northern Territory (state border)
South Australia (state border)
contains mining towns
remote outback communities
country Australia
created 1901
electorateClassification provincial and rural
electorateNumberOfMembers 1
electorateType rural
elects one member to the Australian House of Representatives
governingBody Australian Electoral Commission
hasElectoralSystem preferential voting
hasElectors voters in rural and remote Queensland
hasHighIndigenousPopulation true
hasLongtimePoliticalFamily Katter family
hasMajorIndustry agriculture
cattle grazing
mining
hasRemoteCommunities true
includesRegion Gulf Country
parts of the Atherton Tablelands
parts of the Queensland outback
includesTown Atherton
Charters Towers NERFINISHED
Innisfail NERFINISHED
Mareeba NERFINISHED
Mount Isa
Tully
isOneOf original federal divisions contested at the first federal election in 1901
locatedIn Queensland
rural Queensland
namedAfter Edmund Kennedy
notableFormerMemberOfParliament Bob Katter Sr.
notableMemberOfParliament Bob Katter Jr.
partOf Australian House of Representatives
representationLevel federal
stateElectorateOf Queensland

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mount Isa
electoralDivisionFederal

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