Electoral district of Buderim

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Buderim
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Buderim, 2017.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Buderim, 2017
State Queensland
Dates current2009–present
MP Brent Mickelberg
Party Liberal National
Namesake Buderim
Electors 36,918 (2020)
Area67 km2 (25.9 sq mi)
Coordinates 26°40′S153°3′E / 26.667°S 153.050°E / -26.667; 153.050 Coordinates: 26°40′S153°3′E / 26.667°S 153.050°E / -26.667; 153.050
Electorates around Buderim:
Ninderry Ninderry Maroochydore
Nicklin Buderim Kawana
Caloundra Kawana Kawana
2008 map QLD - Buderim 2008.png
2008 map

Buderim is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district is a very safe seat for the Liberal National Party. [1]

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Geography

A compact urban electorate, Buderim falls between the centres of Maroochydore and Nambour, bounded by the Bruce Highway to the west, and the Sunshine Motorway to the east. It includes the Sunshine Coast suburbs of Buderim, Mountain Creek, Sippy Downs and Tanawha.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kawana and the western part of the district of Maroochydore. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Nicklin. [2] Its inaugural member was Steve Dickson, previously the member for Kawana.

Members for Buderim

MemberPartyTerm
  Steve Dickson Liberal National 2009–2017
  One Nation 2017
  Brent Mickelberg Liberal National 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Buderim [ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Buderim [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 13,44342.52+5.65
Labor Ken Mackenzie8,93228.25+5.82
Greens Deborah Moseley3,42210.82−1.30
Independent Steve Dickson 2,2347.07+7.07
One Nation Joyce Hosking1,4774.67−23.89
Independent Michael Andrews7412.34+2.34
Informed Medical Options Alina Lee6011.90+1.90
Independent Alison Barry-Jones5721.81+1.81
United Australia Daniel Philp1910.60+0.60
Total formal votes31,61396.07−0.37
Informal votes1,2933.93+0.37
Turnout 32,90689.13+1.03
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 17,47855.29−6.12
Labor Ken Mackenzie14,13544.71+6.12
Liberal National hold Swing −6.12

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References

  1. ↑ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Buderim". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
  3. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Buderim – District Summary, ECQ.
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