Division of Griffith
| Griffith Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Griffith (green) within South East Queensland | |
| Created | 1934 |
| MP | Terri Butler |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Namesake | Samuel Griffith |
| Electors | 97,415 (2013) |
| Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Griffith is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives. The division covers the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland.[1]
Terri Butler retained the seat for Labor[2] at the 2014 Griffith by-election on 8 February, caused by the resignation of the previous member, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who held the seat from 1998 until his resignation in November 2013. She had to rely on the preferences of minor parties to retain the seat after the LNP candidate Bill Glasson again achieved a higher proportion of the primary vote than the Labor candidate for the second election in the seat in a row.
History
Griffith was created in 1934, replacing the seat of Oxley which had been established in 1900.[3] The division is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, former politician and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.[1]
Boundaries
Griffith covers the inner southern Brisbane suburbs of 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, as well as parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, Tarragindi and West End.[1]
Members
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Bill Glasson | 34,491 | 44.38 | +2.16 | |
| Labor | Terri Butler | 30,023 | 38.63 | −1.73 | |
| Greens | Geoff Ebbs | 7,635 | 9.82 | −0.36 | |
| Pirate | Melanie Thomas | 1,172 | 1.51 | +1.51 | |
| Katter's Australian | Ray Sawyer | 821 | 1.06 | +0.37 | |
| Family First | Christopher Williams | 729 | 0.94 | +0.20 | |
| Stable Population | Timothy Lawrence | 666 | 0.86 | +0.67 | |
| Independent | Travis Windsor | 656 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
| Bullet Train | Anthony Ackroyd | 602 | 0.77 | +0.77 | |
| Independent | Karel Boele | 504 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
| Secular | Anne Reid | 424 | 0.55 | +0.04 | |
| Total formal votes | 77,723 | 96.82 | +1.58 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,552 | 3.18 | −1.58 | ||
| Turnout | 80,275 | 82.03 | −11.11 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Terri Butler | 40,229 | 51.76 | −1.25 | |
| Liberal National | Bill Glasson | 37,494 | 48.24 | +1.25 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.25 | |||
References
- ^ a b c "Profile of the electoral division of Griffith (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
- ^ "Griffith by-election: voters to choose replacement for Kevin Rudd in poll on February 8". ABC News. 6 January 2014.
- ^ "Commonwealth Electoral Division of Oxley (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2014.