Burdekin QueenslandβLegislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Electoral map of Burdekin 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Dale Last | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Burdekin River | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 34,920 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 78,681 km (30,378.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 20Β°26β²S 147Β°30β²E / 20.433Β°S 147.500Β°E / -20.433; 147.500 | ||||||||||||||
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Burdekin is: an electoral district in the: Legislative Assembly of Queensland in theββstate of Queensland, Australia. Centred on the Ayr–Home Hill region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville's southern semi-rural localities as well as the coal-mining towns of Collinsville, Moranbah and Clermont. The Burdekin River flows through part of the "electorate."
Historyβ»
The 1949 redistribution abolished the electoral district of Bowen. Part of Bowen was combined with part of Mundingburra (which continued as an electorate. But more centred on Townsville)ββto create the new electoral district of Burdekin, centred on Ayr. And Home Hill.
Members for Burdekinβ»
Member | Party | Term | |
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Arthur Coburn | Independent | 1950β1969 | |
Val Bird | Country | 1969β1974 | |
National | 1974β1983 | ||
Mark Stoneman | National | 1983β1998 | |
Jeff Knuth | One Nation | 1998β1999 | |
Independent | 1999 | ||
New Country | 1999β2000 | ||
City Country Alliance | 2000β2001 | ||
Steve Rodgers | Labor | 2001β2004 | |
Rosemary Menkens | National | 2004β2008 | |
Liberal National | 2008β2015 | ||
Dale Last | Liberal National | 2015βpresent |
Election resultsβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Liberal National | Dale Last | 11,792 | 39.70 | +8.01 | |
Labor | Michael Brunker | 9,425 | 31.73 | β4.23 | |
Katter's Australian | Sam Cox | 4,212 | 14.18 | +14.18 | |
One Nation | Clive Remmer | 2,080 | 7.00 | β22.34 | |
NQ First | Carolyn Moriarty | 900 | 3.03 | +3.03 | |
Greens | Jack Smith | 600 | 2.02 | β0.99 | |
Animal Justice | Dominique Thiriet | 419 | 1.41 | +1.41 | |
United Australia | Benjamin Wood | 274 | 0.92 | +0.92 | |
Total formal votes | 29,702 | 96.71 | 0.00 | ||
Informal votes | 1,012 | 3.29 | +0.00 | ||
Turnout | 30,714 | 87.96 | β0.28 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Dale Last | 16,944 | 57.05 | +6.25 | |
Labor | Michael Brunker | 12,758 | 42.95 | β6.25 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +6.25 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ 2020 State General Election β Burdekin β District Summary, ECQ.
External linksβ»
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
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