The Division of Griffith is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1934, when the old seat of Oxley was abolished, and is named for Sir Samuel Griffith, 9th Premier of Queensland and principal author of the Constitution of Australia. It has been represented since 1998 by Kevin Rudd, who served as Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 until 2010.
Boundaries [edit]
Griffith is located in the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, including Balmoral, Bulimba, Camp Hill, Carina Heights, Coorparoo, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Greenslopes, Highgate Hill, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, Morningside, Norman Park, Seven Hills, South Brisbane, and Woolloongabba, and parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, Tarragindi, and West End.
Members [edit]
Election results [edit]
| Australian federal election, 2010: Griffith |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Labor |
Kevin Rudd |
35,445 |
44.08 |
-9.01 |
|
Liberal National |
Rebecca Docherty |
28,784 |
35.80 |
+1.82 |
|
Greens |
Emma-Kate Rose |
12,378 |
15.39 |
+7.54 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Gregory Romans |
1,866 |
2.32 |
+2.10 |
|
Family First |
Jesse Webb |
1,163 |
1.45 |
+0.66 |
|
|
Hamish Chitts |
601 |
0.75 |
+0.75 |
|
CEC |
Jan Pukallus |
175 |
0.22 |
+0.22 |
| Total formal votes |
80,412 |
95.11 |
-2.01 |
| Informal votes |
4,137 |
4.89 |
+2.01 |
| Turnout |
84,549 |
91.32 |
-2.30 |
| Two-party-preferred result |
|
Labor |
Kevin Rudd |
47,007 |
58.46 |
-3.86 |
|
Liberal National |
Rebecca Docherty |
33,405 |
41.54 |
+3.86 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
-3.86 |
|
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Coordinates: 27°29′10″S 153°03′43″E / 27.486°S 153.062°E / -27.486; 153.062
