Electoral district of Buderim

Buderim is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district is a very safe seat for the Liberal National Party.[1]

Buderim
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Buderim, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2009–present
MPBrent Mickelberg
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeBuderim
Electors34,126 (2017)
Area61 km2 (23.6 sq mi)
Coordinates26°40′S 153°3′E
Electorates around Buderim:
Ninderry Ninderry Maroochydore
Nicklin Buderim Kawana
Caloundra Kawana Kawana
2008 map

Geography

A compact urban electorate, Buderim falls between the centres of Maroochydore and Nambour, bounded by the Bruce Highway to the west, and the Sunshine Motorway to the east. It includes the Sunshine Coast suburbs of Buderim, Mountain Creek, Sippy Downs, and Tanawha.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kawana and the western part of the district of Maroochydore. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Nicklin.[2] Its inaugural member was Steve Dickson, previously the member for Kawana.

Members for Buderim
MemberPartyTerm
  Steve Dickson Liberal National 2009–2017
  One Nation 2017
  Brent Mickelberg Liberal National 2017–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Buderim
2017 Queensland state election: Buderim[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 10,911 36.9 −15.3
One Nation Steve Dickson 8,452 28.6 +28.6
Labor Ken MacKenzie 6,638 22.4 −1.2
Greens Tracy Burton 3,587 12.1 +1.2
Total formal votes 29,588 96.4 −1.5
Informal votes 1,091 3.6 +1.5
Turnout 30,679 88.1 +4.0
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 18,169 61.4 −0.4
Labor Ken MacKenzie 11,419 38.6 +0.4
Liberal National hold Swing−0.4
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References
  1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Buderim". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
  3. 2017 State General Election - Buderim - District Summary, ECQ.
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