Division of Fairfax

Fairfax Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Queensland
Created:	1984
MP:	Alex Somlyay
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Ruth Fairfax
Electors:	90,231
Area:	1,108 km² (427.8 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association. It is located in the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Coolum, Maroochydore, Buderim, Nambour, Montville, Kenilworth and Eumundi. Since 1990 it has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party although it has been becoming increasingly marginal in recent years.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Evan Adermann	National	1984—1990
	Alex Somlyay	Liberal	1990—present

Australian federal election, 2007: Fairfax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Somlyay	38,470	46.82	-6.90
	Labor	Debbie Blumel	29,960	36.46	+9.22
	Greens	Dave Norris	7,011	8.53	+0.36
	Family First	Lisa Woods	3,287	4.00	-1.01
	Independent	Max Phillips	1,300	1.58	+1.58
	One Nation	Kevin Savage	861	1.05	-2.07
	Democrats	Janette Hashemi	764	0.93	-1.25
	Citizens Electoral Council	Kev Watt	514	0.63	+0.42
Total formal votes			82,167	96.65	+1.72
Informal votes			2,852	3.35	-1.72
Turnout			85,019	94.22	-0.51
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Alex Somlyay	43,558	53.01	-9.40
	Labor	Debbie Blumel	38,609	46.99	+9.40
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.40

Australian federal election, 2004: Fairfax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alex Somlyay	39,075	52.30	+4.38
	Labor	Ivan Molloy	20,289	27.15	+1.69
	Greens	David Norris	7,536	10.09	+4.61
	Family First	Paula Hunt	3,390	4.54	+4.54
	One Nation	Patrick Rozanski	2,317	3.10	-3.94
	Democrats	Debbie Campbell	1,896	2.54	-2.40
	Citizens Electoral Council	Kev Watt	216	0.29	+0.29
Total formal votes			74,719	94.74	-0.95
Informal votes			4,145	5.26	+0.95
Turnout			78,864	93.44	+1.03
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Alex Somlyay	45,452	60.83	+1.65
	Labor	Ivan Molloy	29,267	39.17	-1.65
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.65

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