Federal electorate · Queensland

Dawson

Dawson is a federal electorate in Queensland, held by Andrew Willcox of the Liberal National Party of Queensland since the 2025 election, by a margin of 11.83 points — a safe seat.

Member for Dawson

Andrew Willcox

Liberal National Party of Queensland

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

Andrew WILLCOXLNP61.83%60,881 votes
Neil WALLACEAustralian Labor Party38.17%37,587 votes

Margin

11.83%

Safe

Two-party-preferred swing

-1.41%

to Australian Labor Party

Turnout

88.15%

117,202 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

Coalition41.7%
Labor26.2%
Minor parties14.6%
One Nation10.4%
Greens7.1%

Suburbs in Dawson

134 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 6of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

Bowen
Andergrove
Ayr
Annandale (Qld)
South Mackay
Cannonvale
West Mackay
North Mackay
Beaconsfield (Qld)
Rural View
Bucasia
Mount Pleasant (Mackay - Qld)
Glenella
Idalia
Wulguru
Blacks Beach
Mackay
East Mackay
Proserpine
Slade Point
Eimeo
Home Hill
Whitsundays
Oonoonba
Jubilee Pocket
Stuart (Qld) 83%
Airlie Beach
Cannon Valley
Shoal Point
Brandon
Habana
Strathdickie
Nome
Alligator Creek (Townsville - Qld) 56%
Richmond (Mackay - Qld)
Farleigh
Seaforth (Qld)
Erakala
Kuttabul
Mackay Harbour
The Leap
Hampden (Qld)
Woodwark
Bloomsbury
Mount Julian
Balnagowan
Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld)
Midge Point
Calen
Dolphin Heads
Cluden
Ball Bay
Riordanvale
Giru
Mount Jukes
Preston (Whitsunday - Qld)
Jarvisfield
Mandalay
Paget
Cungulla
Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld)
Airville
Mount Kelly
Fredericksfield
Nindaroo
Mount Ossa
McDesme
Osborne (Qld)
Dumbleton
Crystal Brook (Qld)
Hideaway Bay
Alva
Horseshoe Lagoon
Bogie
Myrtlevale
Conway
St Helens Beach
Haliday Bay
Rita Island
Dingo Beach
Mount Marlow
Kelsey Creek
Airdmillan
Clare (Qld) 79%
Mount Charlton
Yalboroo
Flametree
Mount Surround
Cape Cleveland
Gumlu
Inkerman (Qld)
Brandy Creek (Qld)
Shute Harbour
Guthalungra
Roseneath 85%
Foxdale
Mona Park
Carstairs
Cape Gloucester
Mount Pelion
Laguna Quays
Palm Grove (Qld)
Pindi Pindi
Barratta (Qld)
Hamilton Plains
Conway Beach
Kirknie
Wilson Beach
Groper Creek
Dittmer
Thoopara
Lethebrook
Shirbourne
Majors Creek (Qld) 14%
Cromarty
Glen Isla
Jerona
Pauls Pocket
Cape Hillsborough
Gunyarra
Wangaratta (Qld)
Upper Haughton
Breadalbane (Qld)
Colevale
Coral Sea 23%
Cremorne (Qld)
Silver Creek
Andromache
Wunjunga
Foulden
Mount Pluto
Belmunda
Lake Proserpine
Goorganga Plains

Postcodes in Dawson

16 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 8of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

4740 88%
4802
4811 94%
4805
4807 98%
4800
4814 18%
4750
4741 54%
4806
4816 24%
4808
4799
4809 100%
4798
4810 1%

Where this comes from

Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.