| Beaudesert Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Beaudesert (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| Dates current: | 1992–present |
| MP: | Aidan McLindon |
| Party: | Katter's Australian Party |
| Namesake: | Beaudesert |
Beaudesert is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
Beaudesert encompasses rural and semi-urban regions located to the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Major communities located within this electoral include Beaudesert, Boonah, Aratula, Jimboomba, Tamborine, Canungra, and Rathdowney.
The seat was created at the 1991 redistribution largely from the territory of the abolished seat of Fassifern. It has been a safe seat for the National Party, and its successor the Liberal National Party, since its creation, although current member Aidan McLindon left the LNP in 2010 to form The Queensland Party. He subsequently joined Katter's Australian Party in 2011.
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| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kev Lingard | National | 1992–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–2009 | ||
| Aidan McLindon | Liberal National | 2009–2010 | |
| Independent | 2010 | ||
| The Queensland Party | 2010–2011 | ||
| Katter's Australian Party | 2011–present | ||
| Queensland state election, 2009: Beaudesert[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Aidan McLindon | 10,700 | 37.9 | -12.6 | |
| Labor | Brett McCreadie | 7,012 | 24.8 | -13.3 | |
| Independent | Pauline Hanson | 5,998 | 21.2 | +21.2 | |
| Independent | Keith Gee | 2,191 | 7.8 | +7.8 | |
| Greens | Andy Grodecki | 1,970 | 7.0 | -4.4 | |
| DS4SEQ | Russell Pata | 193 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Richard Somers | 166 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,230 | 98.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 498 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 28,728 | 92.2 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Aidan McLindon | 12,418 | 58.3 | +2.4 | |
| Labor | Brett McCreadie | 8,879 | 41.7 | -2.4 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||