Electoral district of Burnett

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The division of Burnett is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly in central Queensland, Australia.

It covers most of the coastal region south of Gladstone, as well as coastal and inland regions around Bundaberg. Towns within its boundaries include Miriam Vale, Agnes Water, Rosedale, Bargara, Woodgate and Childers. The Burnett River flows through the electoral district, hence its name.

The National Party's Robert Messenger currently holds the seat, however it is considered a marginal seat.

Robert Mackenzie held the seat from 1860 to 1869.

[edit] Members for Burnett

First incarnation (1860-1873, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
	Charles Haly	Unaligned	1860-1863
	Sir Robert Mackenzie	Unaligned	1860-1869
	John Edwards	Unaligned	1863-1865
	Charles Haly	Unaligned	1865-1867
	Ratcliffe Pring	Unaligned	1867-1870
	Charles Haly	Unaligned	1869-1871
	Berkeley Morton	Unaligned	1870-1871
	John Bramston	Unaligned	1871-1873
	Walter Scott	Unaligned	1871-1873
Second incarnation (1873-1932, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Francis Ivory	Unaligned	1873-1878
	William Baynes	Unaligned	1878-1883
	Berkeley Morton	Unaligned	1883-1888
	George Jones	Unaligned	1888-1891
	James Cadell	Unaligned	1891-1896
	William McCord	Ministerialist	1896-1898
	William Maughan	Australian Labor Party	1898-1899
	William Kent	Ministerialist	1899-1904
	Alfred Jones	Australian Labor Party	1904-1909
	Robert Hodge	Ministerialist	1909-1912
	Bernard Corser	Ministerialist/Liberal/Nationalist Party	1912-1928
	Robert Boyd	Country and Progressive National Party	1928-1932
Third incarnation (1960-present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
	Claude Wharton	Country Party/National Party	1960-1986
	Doug Slack	National Party of Australia	1986-2001
	Trevor Strong	Australian Labor Party	2001-2004
	Robert Messenger	National Party of Australia	2004-present