Electoral district of Burnett

Coordinates: 24°37′S 152°2′E / 24.617°S 152.033°E / -24.617; 152.033
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For the former New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Burnett (New South Wales).

Burnett
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Burnett, 2017
StateQueensland
MPStephen Bennett
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeBurnett River
Electors35,928 (2020)
Area7,687 km2 (2,968.0 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates24°37′S 152°2′E / 24.617°S 152.033°E / -24.617; 152.033
Electorates around Burnett:
Gladstone Gladstone Coral Sea
Callide Burnett Coral Sea
Callide Maryborough Hervey Bay
2008 Burnett Electoral boundaries

Burnett is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in central Queensland, Australia.[1]

It covers most of the coastal region south of

Miriam Vale, Agnes Water, Rosedale, Bargara, Woodgate and Childers. The Burnett River
flows through the electoral district, hence its name.

Members for Burnett

First incarnation (1860–1873, 2 members)
Member Party Term
  Charles Haly Squatter-Conservative 1860–1863
  Robert Mackenzie Squatter-Conservative 1860–1869
  John Edwards Squatter-Conservative 1863–1865
  Charles Haly Squatter-Conservative 1865–1867
  Ratcliffe Pring Squatter-Conservative 1867–1870
  Charles Haly Squatter-Conservative 1869–1871
 
Berkeley Moreton
 Independent Liberal 1870–1871
  John Bramston Squatter-Conservative 1871–1873
  Walter Scott Squatter-Conservative 1871–1873
Second incarnation (1873–1932, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Francis Ivory Squatter-Conservative 1873–1878
  William Henry Baynes Squatter-Conservative 1878–1883
 
Berkeley Moreton
 Liberal 1883–1888
  George Hall Jones Unaligned 1888–1891
  James John Cadell Conservative 1891–1896
  William McCord Conservative 1896–1898
  William Ryott Maughan
Labor
 1898–1899
  William Kent
Ministerialist
 1899–1904
  Alfred Jones
Labor
 1904–1909
  Robert Hodge
Ministerialist
 1909–1912
  Bernard Corser Liberal/National 1912–1928
  Robert Boyd Country and Progressive National 1928–1932
Third incarnation (1960–present, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Claude Wharton
Country
 1960–1974
 
National
 1974–1986
  Doug Slack
National
 1986–2001
  Trevor Strong
Labor
 2001–2004
  Rob Messenger
National
 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2010
 
Independent
 2010–2012
  Stephen Bennett Liberal National 2012–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Burnett
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Burnett.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Burnett[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Stephen Bennett 15,330 48.61 +6.16
Labor Kerri Morgan 9,686 30.71 +5.42
One Nation Geoffrey Mansell 2,832 8.98 −17.72
Greens Liam Johns 1,436 4.55 −1.00
Katter's Australian Paul Hudson 1,336 4.24 +4.24
Informed Medical Options Elizabeth Case 682 2.16 +2.16
Independent Ric Glass 235 0.75 +0.75
Total formal votes 31,537 96.01 −0.08
Informal votes 1,311 3.99 +0.08
Turnout 32,848 91.43 +0.82
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Stephen Bennett 19,172 60.79 +0.14
Labor Kerri Morgan 12,365 39.21 −0.14
Liberal National hold Swing +0.14

References

  1. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ 2020 State General Election – Burnett – District Summary, ECQ.
  • Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
  • Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930–1980 w.an outline of Queensland electorates 1859–1980 / D.B. Waterson and John Arnold

External links

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