Electoral district of Burrinjuck
| Burrinjuck New South Wales—Legislative Assembly |
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 Location in New South Wales |
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| State or territory: | New South Wales |
| Created: | 1950 |
| MP: | Katrina Hodgkinson |
| Party: | National Party of Australia |
| Electors: | 48,924 (2011) |
| Area: | 48,158 km² (18,594 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
Burrinjuck is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Katrina Hodgkinson of the National Party of Australia.
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]
[edit] Members for Burrinjuck
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Sheahan | Labor | 1950–1973 | |
| Terry Sheahan | Labor | 1973–1988 | |
| Alby Schultz | Liberal | 1988–1998 | |
| Katrina Hodgkinson | National | 1999–present | |
[edit] Election results
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Burrinjuck[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 33,339 | 74.4 | +9.7 | |
| Labor | Luna Zivadinovic | 6,653 | 14.8 | -14.3 | |
| Greens | Iain Fyfe | 3,574 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
| Christian Democrats | Ann Woods | 1,262 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,828 | 97.8 | -0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,025 | 2.2 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 45,853 | 93.8 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 34,618 | 81.1 | +13.7 | |
| Labor | Luna Zivadinovic | 8,093 | 18.9 | -13.7 | |
| National hold | Swing | +13.7 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ "Redistribution Commissioners' Report". Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. http://efa.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/2105/pagesivtovii300.pdf. Retrieved 2006-12-05.
- ^ "Burrinjuck". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/burrinjuck. Retrieved 2011-10-09.
- ^ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results". NSW Parliamentary Library. http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/5782D7DAA39DF57ACA25790B001FE146/$File/2011+New+South+Wales+Election+BP+3,2011.pdf#page=18. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
