Division of Fairfax
Fairfax Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Fairfax (green) within Queensland
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Created | 1984 |
MP | Clive Palmer |
Party | Palmer United |
Namesake | Ruth Fairfax |
Electors | 95,467 (2013) |
Area | 1,036 km2 (400.0 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association. It is located in the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Coolum, Maroochydore, Buderim, Nambour, Montville, Kenilworth and Eumundi. It has always been held by a centre-right party.
In the 2013 election, Clive Palmer, leader of the Palmer United Party, contested and, after the distribution of preferences from all the minor parties and the ALP, very narrowly won the seat by 36 votes over the Liberal National candidate at the first count.[1] This was reduced to 7 votes after a recount of the distribution of preferences.[1] Since the result was determined by less than 100 votes, the Australian Electoral Commission conducted another full recount[1] which Clive Palmer won by 27 votes.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Evan Adermann | National | 1984–1990 | |
Alex Somlyay | Liberal | 1990–2010 | |
Liberal National | 2010–2013 | ||
Clive Palmer | Palmer United | 2013-present |
Election results
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Ted O'Brien | 34,959 | 41.32 | −8.13 | |
Palmer United | Clive Palmer | 22,409 | 26.49 | +26.49 | |
Labor | Elaine Hughes | 15,429 | 18.24 | −9.07 | |
Greens | David Knobel | 7,046 | 8.33 | −9.67 | |
Katter's Australian | Ray Sawyer | 1,623 | 1.92 | +1.92 | |
Family First | Angela Meyer | 1,416 | 1.67 | −3.57 | |
Independent | Trudy Byrnes | 1,016 | 1.20 | +1.20 | |
One Nation | Mike Holt | 709 | 0.84 | +0.84 | |
Total formal votes | 84,607 | 94.88 | −0.09 | ||
Informal votes | 4,569 | 5.12 | +0.09 | ||
Turnout | 89,176 | 93.41 | +0.63 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Ted O'Brien | 52,184 | 61.68 | +4.73 | |
Labor | Elaine Hughes | 32,423 | 38.32 | −4.73 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Palmer United | Clive Palmer | 42,330 | 50.03 | +50.03 | |
Liberal National | Ted O'Brien | 42,277 | 49.97 | −7.03 | |
Palmer United gain from Liberal National | Swing | N/A |
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