Electoral district of Burleigh
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| Burleigh Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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 Burleigh (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| MP: | Christine Smith |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Burleigh Heads |
Burleigh is an electoral division in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The division of Burleigh is located on the southern Gold Coast, centred on Burleigh Heads. It also includes parts of the Gold Coast suburbs of Miami, Mermaid Beach, Varsity Lakes and Palm Beach.
Christine Smith of the Australian Labor Party currently holds the seat. Smith won the seat in 2001 from the National Party of Australia.
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[edit] Members for Burleigh
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Judy Gamin | National | 1992–2001 | |
| Christine Smith | Labor | 2001–present | |
[edit] Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Burleigh
| Queensland state election, 2009: Burleigh[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Christine Smith | 12,637 | 46.8 | -6.1 | |
| Liberal National | Michael Hart | 10,498 | 38.9 | +1.6 | |
| Greens | Anja Light | 2,065 | 7.6 | -2.2 | |
| DS4SEQ | Bryden Elssmann | 807 | 3.0 | +2.5 | |
| Family First | Jeremy Fredericks | 516 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Independent | Ray Sperring | 476 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,999 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 603 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 27,602 | 88.9 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Christine Smith | 13,733 | 54.9 | -3.9 | |
| Liberal National | Michael Hart | 11,281 | 45.1 | +3.9 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Green, Antony. "2009 Queensland Election: Analysis of Results". ABC Election Unit. http://www.abc.net.au/elections/archive/qld/QLD2009_Results.pdf#page=16. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
[edit] External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)
