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Electoral district of Buderim

Coordinates:26°40′S153°3′E/ 26.667°S 153.050°E/-26.667; 153.050
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Buderim
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Buderim, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2009–present
MPBrent Mickelberg
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeBuderim
Electors36,918 (2020)
Area67 km2(25.9 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates26°40′S153°3′E/ 26.667°S 153.050°E/-26.667; 153.050
Electorates around Buderim:
Ninderry Ninderry Maroochydore
Nicklin Buderim Kawana
Caloundra Kawana Kawana
2008 map

Buderimis anelectoral districtof theLegislative Assemblyin the Australian state ofQueensland.Based on theSunshine Coast,the district is a traditionally safe seat for theLiberal National Party.[1]

Geography[edit]

A compact urban electorate, Buderim falls between the centres ofMaroochydoreandNambour,bounded by theBruce Highwayto the west, and theSunshine Motorwayto the east. It includes the Sunshine Coast suburbs ofBuderim,Mountain Creek,Sippy DownsandTanawha.

History[edit]

A new district created for the2009 state election,it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district ofKawanaand the western part of the district ofMaroochydore.It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district ofNicklin.[2]Its inaugural member wasSteve Dickson,previously the member for Kawana.

Members for Buderim[edit]

Member Party Term
Steve Dickson Liberal National 2009–2017
One Nation 2017
Brent Mickelberg Liberal National 2017–present

Election results[edit]

2020 Queensland state election:Buderim[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 13,443 42.52 +5.65
Labor Ken Mackenzie 8,932 28.25 +5.82
Greens Deborah Moseley 3,422 10.82 −1.30
Independent Steve Dickson 2,234 7.07 +7.07
One Nation Joyce Hosking 1,477 4.67 −23.89
Independent Michael Andrews 741 2.34 +2.34
Informed Medical Options Alina Lee 601 1.90 +1.90
Independent Alison Barry-Jones 572 1.81 +1.81
United Australia Daniel Philp 191 0.60 +0.60
Total formal votes 31,613 96.07 −0.37
Informal votes 1,293 3.93 +0.37
Turnout 32,906 89.13 +1.03
Two-party-preferredresult
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 17,478 55.29 −6.12
Labor Ken Mackenzie 14,135 44.71 +6.12
Liberal Nationalhold Swing −6.12
Primary vote results in Buderim (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
Liberal National
Labor
Greens
One Nation
Palmer United/United Australia Party
Katter's Australian
Independent
Two-party-preferred votevote results in Buderim

References[edit]

  1. ^"Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017"(PDF).Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament.Queensland Parliament.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 April 2020.Retrieved27 April2020.
  2. ^"2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Buderim".Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived fromthe originalon 29 June 2009.
  3. ^2020 State General Election – Buderim – District Summary,ECQ.

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