Statement E.
NAME OF ELECTORATE. 1886. 1891.
Adult males in each electorate. exclusive of Chinese, Polynesians, and other alien races. Proportion of representative power possessed by the members of each electorate on the adult male basis. Gross population of each electorate, Census 1886. Proportion of representative power possessed by the members of each electorate on basis of gross population. Adult males in each electorate, exclusive of Chinese, Polynesians, persons of other alien races, prisoners, lunatics, and inmates of charitable institutions. Proportion of representative power possessed by the members of each electorate on the adult male basis. Gross population of each electorate, Census 1891. Proportion of representative power possessed by the members of each electorate on basis of gross population. Increase* or decrease † in the proportion of representative power in each electorats, as fixed by the Committee of the Legislative Assembly in 1887, on the basis of adult males.‡
Albert 1,462 1.14 4,942 1.19 1,521 1.02 5,919 1.15 †0.12
Aubigny 1,012 0.79 4,006 0.97 1,169 0.78 4,850 0.95 †0.01
Balonne 1,261 0.98 2,856 0.69 1,848 1.24 3,799 0.74 *0.26
Barcoo 1,791 1.40 3,990 0.96 2,907 1.94 5,829 1.14 *0.54
Bowen 972 0.76 2,771 0.67 1,246 0.83 3,455 0.67 *0.07
Brisbane North (two members) 5,291 4.12 14,931 3.60 3,882 2.60 12,354 2.41 †1.52
Brisbane South (two members) 3,989 3.11 14,796 3.57 3,992 2.67 16,334 3.19 †0.44
Bulimba 1,224 0.95 4,604 1.11 2,482 1.66 9,554 1.86 *0.71
Bulloo 1,459 1.14 2,237 0.54 1,441 0.96 2,402 0.47 †0.18
Bundaberg 1,030 0.80 3,900 0.94 1,478 0.99 6,044 1.18 *0.19
Bundamba 1,344 1.05 4,665 1.13 1,125 0.75 4,809 0.94 †0.30
Burke(two members) 1,208 0.94 1,614 0.39 2,132 1.43 3,871 0.76 *0.49
Burnett 975 0.76 2,648 0.64 1,763 1.18 5,276 1.03 *0.42
Burrum 1,283 1.00 3,989 0.96 1,311 0.88 4,928 0.96 †0.12
Cairns 858 0.67 1,989 0.48 1,696 1.13 4,005 0.78 *0.46
Cambooya 953 0.74 3,929 0.95 1,366 0.91 5,028 0.98 *0.17
Carnarvon 1,062 0.83 3,571 0.86 995 0.67 3,667 0.72 †0.16
Carpentaria 909 0.71 1,700 0.41 1,144 0.77 2,381 0.46 *0.06
Charters Towers (two members) 2,769 2.16 8,342 2.02 3,943 2.64 13,655 2.66 *0.48
Clermont 1,164 0.91 3,155 0.76 1,863 1.25 3,748 0.73 *0.34
Cook 2,002 1.56 3,997 0.96 1,916 1.28 4,710 0.92 †0.28
Cunningham 1,104 0.86 4,654 1.12 1,582 1.06 5,928 1.16 *0.20
Dalby 965 0.75 3,701 0.89 853 0.57 3,456 0.67 †0.18
Drayton and Toowoomba (two members) 1,990 1.55 9,290 2.24 2,261 1.51 10,406 2.03 †0.04
Enoggera 1,216 0.95 4,931 1.19 1,355 0.91 5,977 1.17 †0.04
Fassifern 1,207 0.94 4,285 1.03 1,272 0.85 5,294 1.03 †0.09
Fitzroy 591 0.46 1,511 0.36 1,397 0.93 4,365 0.85 *0.47
Flinders 1,513 1.18 2,575 0.62 1,889 1.26 3,516 0.69 *0.08
Fortitude Valley (two members) 3,906 3.04 14,938 3.60 3,913 2.62 15,858 3.09 †0.42
Gregory 1,444 1.13 2,067 0.50 1,275 0.85 1,981 0.39 †0.28
Gympie (two members) 2,659 2.07 9,747 2.35 2,698 1.80 11,233 2.19 †0.27
Herbert 1,345 1.05 2,873 0.69 1,296 0.87 3,258 0.64 †0.18
Ipswich (two members) 2,191 1.71 8,974 2.17 2,128 1.42 9,612 1.88 †0.29
Kennedy 1,482 1.15 3,600 0.87 1,412 0.94 4,049 0.79 †0.21
Leichhardt 998 0.78 3,237 0.78 967 0.65 3,220 0.63 †0.13
Lockyer 988 0.77 4,196 1.01 1,708 1.14 7,121 1.39 *0.37
Logan 1,174 0.91 4,458 1.08 1,073 0.72 4,515 0.88 †0.19
Mackay (two members) 2,376 1.85 7,491 1.81 2,024 1.35 7,516 1.47 †0.50
Maranoa 1,474 1.15 4,820 1.16 1,270 0.85 4,130 0.81 †0.30
Maryborough (two members) 2,411 1.88 10,005 2.51 2,374 1.59 11,153 2.18 †0.29
Mitchell 1,578 1.23 2,654 0.64 1,463 0.98 2,820 0.55 †0.25
Moreton 1,443 1.12 4,799 1.16 2,141 1.42 7,769 1.52 *0.31
Murilla 1,034 0.81 2,792 0.67 892 0.60 2,794 0.54 †0.21
Musgrave 1,112 0.87 3,458 0.83 1,499 1.00 4,639 0.90 *0.13
Normanby 1,149 0.90 3,467 0.84 1,038 0.69 3,466 0.68 †0.21
Nundah 1,243 0.97 5,226 1.26 1,388 0.93 5,812 1.13 †0.04
Oxley 1,191 0.93 4,609 1.11 1,596 1.07 6,739 1.31 *0.14
Port Curtis 653 0.51 2,316 0.56 1,677 1.12 4,273 0.83 *0.61
Rockhampton (two members) 2,560 1.99 10,554 2.55 2,650 1.77 11,250 2.19 †0.22
Rockhampton North 885 0.69 3,292 0.79 1,214 0.81 4,384 0.86 *0.12
Rosewood 1,049 0.82 4,913 1.19 1,214 0.81 5,320 1.04 †0.01
Stanley 1,126 0.88 3,692 0.89 1,203 0.80 4,242 0.83 †0.08
Toombul 1,325 1.03 5,291 1.28 2,141 1.43 9,274 1.81 *0.40
Toowong 1,572 1.22 6,399 1.54 2,420 1.62 10,530 2.05 *0.40
Townsville (two members) 2,680 2.09 8,528 2.06 2,637 1.76 9,638 1.88 †0.33
Warrego 1,234 0.96 2,318 0.56 1,882 1.26 3,755 0.73 *0.30
Warwick 1,046 0.81 4,276 1.03 1,075 0.72 4,616 0.90 *0.09
Wide Bay 1,352 1.05 3,885 0.94 1,286 0.86 4,327 0.84 †0.19
Woolloongabba 1,629 1.27 6,419 1.55 2,302 1.54 9,664 1.89 *0.27
Woothakata 1,475 1.15 3,199 0.77 1,990 1.33 4,517 0.88 *0.18
Total population represented 92,388 72.00 298,472 72.00 107,675 72.00 369,035 72.00 16.55 Percentage increase in adult males since 1887.‡
Chinese, Polynesians, and other Alien Races 17,922 21,827 16,379 19,866
Prisoners, Lunatics, Inmates of Charitable Institutions, &c. 1,261 1,663 2,244 4,282
Persons on board vessels in Moreton Bay and Brisbane River not in any Electorate 500 891 441 535
TOTAL POPULATION 112,071 322,853 126,739 393,718