Mirani is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is currently represented by Glen Kelly of the Liberal National Party.
It covers much of the Queensland coast between the cities of Rockhampton and Mackay, as well as the hinterland west of Mackay. Major towns within its boundaries include Sarina, Marian, Mount Morgan, and its namesake, Mirani. It also contains the outer Mackay suburbs of Bakers Creek, Ooralea, and parts of Paget.
Mirani was historically a safely conservative seat, and was held by the Country Party and its successors the National Party and Liberal National Party from 1947 to 2015. A redistribution in 2008 made Mirani a notionally Labor held seat with a 1.2% margin, but veteran incumbent Ted Malone achieved a swing strong enough to retain this seat at the 2009 election. Malone retired at the 2015 state election, at which Jim Pearce, formerly Labor member for abolished Fitzroy from 1989 to 2009, became only the second Labor member ever to win Mirani.
Pearce was subsequently defeated at the 2017 election by Stephen Andrew, of Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Andrew was disendorsed by One Nation ahead of the 2024 election and later left the party, choosing to sit as an independent before joining the Katter's Australian Party in September 2024. He narrowly lost re-election to Glen Kelly of the Liberal National Party at the 2024 state election. Members for Mirani MemberPartyTerm Edward Swayne Liberal 1912–1918 National 1918–1920 Northern Country 1920–1923 Country 1923–1925 CPNP 1925–1935 Ted Walsh Labor 1935–1947 Ernie Evans Country 1947–1965 Tom Newbery Country 1965–1974 National 1974–1980 Jim Randell National 1980–1994 Ted Malone National 1994–2008 Liberal National 2008–2015 Jim Pearce Labor 2015–2017 Stephen Andrew One Nation 2017–2024 Independent 2024 Katter's Australian 2024 Glen Kelly Liberal National 2024–present
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