Electoral district of Burrinjuck

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Burrinjuck
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Burrinjuck NSW State Electoral District.png
Location in New South Wales
State New South Wales
Created1950
Abolished2015
Electors 48,924 (2011)
Area48,158 km2 (18,593.9 sq mi)
DemographicRural

Burrinjuck was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 2015.

Contents

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,688 electors on 29 April 2007. [1] At the 2007 election it encompassed almost all of Yass Valley Shire (including Yass, but excluding Sutton), all of the Upper Lachlan (including Crookwell and Gunning), Boorowa Council, Cowra Shire, a small part of Blayney Shire (including Mandurama and Lyndhurst), Weddin Shire (including Grenfell), a small part of Bland Shire, Young Shire, Harden Shire (including the twin towns of Harden and Murrumburrah), Cootamundra Shire, Gundagai Shire and part of Junee Shire (including Bethungra and Illabo). [2]

At the 2015 election it was replaced by the re-established electoral district of Cootamundra and the relocated electoral district of Goulburn.

Members for Burrinjuck

MemberPartyPeriod
  Bill Sheahan Labor 1950–1973
  Terry Sheahan Labor 1973–1988
  Alby Schultz Liberal 1988–1998
  Katrina Hodgkinson National 1999–2015

Election results

2011 New South Wales state election: Burrinjuck [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Katrina Hodgkinson 33,33974.4+9.7
Labor Luna Zivadinovic6,65314.8-14.3
Greens Iain Fyfe3,5748.0+1.8
Christian Democrats Ann Woods1,2622.8+2.8
Total formal votes44,82897.8-0.3
Informal votes1,0252.2+0.3
Turnout 45,85393.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Katrina Hodgkinson 34,61881.1+13.7
Labor Luna Zivadinovic8,09318.9-13.7
National hold Swing +13.7

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References

  1. "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2006.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Burrinjuck". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  3. Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.