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
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)
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

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-preferred result
Liberal National Brent Mickelberg 17,478 55.29 −6.12
Labor Ken Mackenzie 14,135 44.71 +6.12
Liberal National hold Swing−6.12

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. 2020 State General Election – Buderim – District Summary, ECQ.
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