Electoral district of Burnett

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Burnett
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Burnett, 2017.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Burnett, 2017
State Queensland
MP Stephen Bennett
Party Liberal National
Namesake Burnett River
Electors 35,928 (2020)
Area7,687 km2 (2,968.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates 24°37′S152°2′E / 24.617°S 152.033°E / -24.617; 152.033 Coordinates: 24°37′S152°2′E / 24.617°S 152.033°E / -24.617; 152.033
Electorates around Burnett:
Gladstone Gladstone Coral Sea
Callide Burnett Coral Sea
Callide Maryborough Hervey Bay
2008 Burnett Electoral boundaries QLD - Burnett 2008.png
2008 Burnett Electoral boundaries

Burnett is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in central Queensland, Australia. [1]

Contents

It covers most of the coastal region south of Gladstone, as well as coastal and inland regions completely surrounding the district of 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.

Members for Burnett

First incarnation (1860–1873, 2 members)
MemberPartyTerm
  Charles Haly Squatter-conservative1860–1863
  Robert Mackenzie Squatter-conservative1860–1869
  John Edwards Squatter-conservative1863–1865
  Charles Haly Squatter-conservative1865–1867
  Ratcliffe Pring Squatter-conservative1867–1870
  Charles Haly Squatter-conservative1869–1871
  Berkeley Moreton Independent Liberal1870–1871
  John Bramston Squatter-conservative1871–1873
  Walter Scott Squatter-conservative1871–1873
Second incarnation (1873–1932, 1 member)
MemberPartyTerm
  Francis Ivory Squatter-conservative1873–1878
  William Henry Baynes McIlwraith conservative1878–1883
  Berkeley Moreton Liberal1883–1888
  George Hall Jones Unaligned1888–1891
  James John Cadell Conservative1891–1896
  William McCord Conservative1896–1898
  William Ryott Maughan Labor 1898–1899
  William Kent Ministerialist1899–1904
  Alfred Jones Labor 1904–1909
  Robert Hodge Ministerialist1909–1912
  Bernard Corser Liberal/National 1912–1928
  Robert Boyd Country and Progressive National 1928–1932
Third incarnation (1960–present, 1 member)
MemberPartyTerm
  Claude Wharton Country 1960–1974
  National 1974–1986
  Doug Slack National 1986–2001
  Trevor Strong Labor 2001–2004
  Rob Messenger National 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2010
  Independent 2010–2012
  Stephen Bennett Liberal National 2012–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Burnett.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Burnett [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Stephen Bennett 15,33048.61+6.16
Labor Kerri Morgan9,68630.71+5.42
One Nation Geoffrey Mansell2,8328.98−17.72
Greens Liam Johns1,4364.55−1.00
Katter's Australian Paul Hudson1,3364.24+4.24
Informed Medical Options Elizabeth Case6822.16+2.16
Independent Ric Glass2350.75+0.75
Total formal votes31,53796.01−0.08
Informal votes1,3113.99+0.08
Turnout 32,84891.43+0.82
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Stephen Bennett 19,17260.79+0.14
Labor Kerri Morgan12,36539.21−0.14
Liberal National hold Swing +0.14

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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 (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Burnett – District Summary, ECQ.
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