Senator Macdonald is a Senator in the Australian Parliament representing the state of Queensland.

As a Senator, all parts of the State constitute Senator Macdonald's electorate.

Senator Macdonald lives in the northern rural township of Ayr and has his electorate office in Townsville.

When he was first elected, Senator Macdonald was one of only two Senators located outside of Brisbane, and accordingly, he concentrates his activities on rural and regional Queensland and in particular central, northern and far north Queensland and the north-west, Gulf and Cape York/Torres Strait areas.

Senator Macdonald works closely with federal member Peter Lindsay MP in Herbert. He also works as the 'alternative member' for people in the electorates of Capricornia, Flynn, Dawson, Leichhardt and Kennedy.

Queensland elects 12 Senators to the Australian Parliament, half of whom are elected each 3 years, for a 6 year term.

Senator Macdonald lead the Liberal Party Senate ticket in 1990, 1996 and 2002 and again in 2007.

Thanks to the good economic management of Peter Costello MP and the leadership of Prime Minister John Howard, Queensland is the boom state of Australia where "everything's happening".

Queensland is represented by 28 Members of the House of Representatives (9 Liberal, 3 National Party, 15 Labor and 1 Independant).

Of Queenslands 12 Senators, 9 are based in Brisbane, 2 in the north of the State and 1 in the south-west.

In Queensland there are 5 Liberal Senators (Macdonald, Mason, Brandis, Trood and Boyce), two National Party Senators and five Labor Party Senators.

All residents in Queensland are constituents of Senator Macdonald and he is happy to help any with any Commonwealth related issue.

Queensland Statistics

Land Area: 1.7 million square kilometres, 22.5% of Australia's total land area.

Population: 4.035 million

Capital: Brisbane

GSP: $158.5 Billion, $40,170 per person.