Electoral district of Callide

Callide Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Callide (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	Jeff Seeney
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Callide Creek in the Coalfields

Callide is an electoral division in Queensland, Australia.

It encompasses agricultural and mining towns in the Burnett, Callide and Dawson valleys. Major towns within the division's boundaries include Biloela, Cherbourg, Monto, Eidsvold, Gin Gin, Biggenden, Gayndah, Mundubbera, Goomeri, Murgon, Wondai, Moura, Banana, Theodore, Taroom and Wandoan.

Callide has been held by Jeff Seeney since 1998.

Members for Callide

Member		Party	Term
	Vincent Jones	Country	1950–1971
	Lindsay Hartwig	Country	1972–1975
		National Country	1975–1981
		Independent	1981–1986
	Di McCauley	National	1986–1998
	Jeff Seeney	National	1998–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Callide

Queensland state election, 2009: Callide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Jeff Seeney	16,365	59.0	-11.2
	Labor	David Pullen	6,636	23.9	-5.6
	Independent	Clare Mildren	3,680	13.3	+13.3
	Greens	Camilla Percy	1,064	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			27,745	98.5
Informal votes			397	1.5
Turnout			28,142	92.9
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Jeff Seeney	17,537	69.4	-1.0
	Labor	David Pullen	7,746	30.6	+1.0
	Liberal National hold		Swing	-1.0

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)