Electoral district of Burdekin
| Burdekin Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
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Burdekin (2008—) | |
| State | Queensland |
| MP | Dale Last |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Burdekin River |
| Electors | 31,622 (2015) |
| Area | 28,344 km2 (10,943.7 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | 20°26′S 147°30′E / 20.433°S 147.500°ECoordinates: 20°26′S 147°30′E / 20.433°S 147.500°E |
Burdekin is an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in the state of Queensland, Australia. Centred on the Ayr–Home Hill region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville's southern suburbs (Stuart, Wulguru and Annandale) as well as the coal-mining town of Collinsville. The Burdekin River flows through part of the electorate.
History
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) to create the new electoral district of Burdekin, centred on Ayr and Home Hill.[1]
Members for Burdekin
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Coburn | Independent | 1950–1969 | |
| Val Bird | Country | 1969–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1982 | ||
| National | 1982–1983 | ||
| Mark Stoneman | National | 1983–1998 | |
| Jeff Knuth | One Nation | 1998–1999 | |
| Independent | 1999 | ||
| Country Party Queensland | 1999–2000 | ||
| City Country Alliance | 2000–2001 | ||
| Steve Rodgers | Labor | 2001–2004 | |
| Rosemary Menkens | National | 2004–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–2015 | ||
| Dale Last | Liberal National | 2015–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Burdekin
| Queensland state election, 2015: Burdekin[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Dale Last | 10,510 | 37.30 | −10.69 | |
| Labor | Angela Zyla | 7,522 | 26.70 | +6.12 | |
| Katter's Australian | Steven Isles | 3,396 | 12.05 | −14.21 | |
| Palmer United | Jacinta Warland | 2,330 | 8.27 | +8.27 | |
| Independent | BJ Davison | 2,306 | 8.18 | +8.18 | |
| One Nation | Belinda Johnson | 1,305 | 4.63 | +4.63 | |
| Greens | Lindy Collins | 807 | 2.86 | +0.14 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,176 | 98.03 | −0.07 | ||
| Informal votes | 567 | 1.97 | +0.07 | ||
| Turnout | 28,743 | 90.90 | −0.07 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Dale Last | 12,201 | 52.88 | −9.59 | |
| Labor | Angela Zyla | 10,872 | 47.12 | +47.12 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −9.59 | |||
References
- ↑ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2012" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ 2015 State General Election - Burdekin - District Summary, ECQ.
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)