Division of Griffith
| Griffith Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Division of Griffith in Queensland, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
| Created | 1934 |
| MP | Terri Butler |
| Party | Australian Labor Party |
| Namesake | Samuel Griffith |
| Electors | 105,841 (2016) |
| Area | 60 km2 (23.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner 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.
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
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Francis Baker | Labor | 1934–1939 | |
| William Conelan | Labor | 1939–1949 | |
| Doug Berry | Liberal | 1949–1954 | |
| Wilfred Coutts | Labor | 1954–1958 | |
| Arthur Chresby | Liberal | 1958–1961 | |
| Wilfred Coutts | Labor | 1961–1966 | |
| Don Cameron | Liberal | 1966–1977 | |
| Ben Humphreys | Labor | 1977–1996 | |
| Graeme McDougall | Liberal | 1996–1998 | |
| Kevin Rudd | Labor | 1998–2013 | |
| Terri Butler | Labor | 2014–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Fiona Ward | 37,716 | 41.00 | −1.12 | |
| Labor | Terri Butler | 30,524 | 33.18 | −7.22 | |
| Greens | Karen Anderson | 15,710 | 17.08 | +6.83 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bronwyn Ablett | 1,880 | 2.04 | +2.04 | |
| Drug Law Reform | John Jiggens | 1,789 | 1.94 | +1.94 | |
| Liberty Alliance | Matt Darragh | 1,477 | 1.61 | +1.61 | |
| Independent | Karel Boele | 1,463 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
| Family First | Theresa Graham | 1,424 | 1.55 | +0.80 | |
| Total formal votes | 91,983 | 95.94 | +0.71 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,897 | 4.06 | −0.71 | ||
| Turnout | 95,880 | 90.59 | −2.55 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Terri Butler | 47,464 | 51.60 | −1.50 | |
| Liberal National | Fiona Ward | 44,519 | 48.40 | +1.50 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.50 | |||
References
- 1 2 3 "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.
- ↑ Griffith, QLD, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
External links
Coordinates: 27°29′10″S 153°03′43″E / 27.486°S 153.062°E