Electoral district of Bundamba

Bundamba
Queensland—Legislative Assembly

Bundamba (2008—)
State Queensland
MP Jo-Ann Miller
Party Labor
Namesake Bundamba
Electors 38,435 (2015)
Area 178 km2 (68.7 sq mi)
Coordinates 27°40′S 152°52′E / 27.667°S 152.867°E / -27.667; 152.867Coordinates: 27°40′S 152°52′E / 27.667°S 152.867°E / -27.667; 152.867

Bundamba is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The electorate encompasses suburbs in the east and south-east of the City of Ipswich local government area. Major locations include Bundamba, Blackstone, Goodna, Redbank Plains, Augustine Heights and Springfield.

The seat has been held by the Australian Labor Party since its creation in 1992. In the 2006 state election, Labor's Jo-Ann Miller won the seat with 68.5% of the vote. Miller has held the seat since a by-election in February 2000 which was a record vote in a by-election towards a Government. She was the 100th ALP woman elected to Parliament.

Members for Bundamba

First incarnation (1873–1912)
MemberPartyTerm
  Simon Fraser Unaligned 1873–1878
  William Hendren Unaligned 1878–1880
  James Foote Unaligned 1880–1888
  Thomas Glassey Labor 1888–1893
  Lewis Thomas Ministerialist 1893–1899
  James Clarke Cribb Various1 1899–1912
Second incarnation (1992–present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Bob Gibbs Labor 1992–1999
  Jo-Ann Miller Labor 2000–present

1 James Cribb, member for Rosewood 1893-1896, Bundamba 1899-1912 and Bremer 1912-1915 alternately listed his party status as Ministerialist and Opposition. The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

Election results

Queensland state election, 2015: Bundamba[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jo-Ann Miller 20,413 61.20 +22.27
Liberal National Stephen Fenton 8,204 24.60 −11.05
Greens Ava Greenwood 2,732 8.19 +3.05
Family First Luke Harris 2,007 6.02 +2.83
Total formal votes 33,356 97.71 +0.33
Informal votes 782 2.29 −0.33
Turnout 34,138 88.82 −2.26
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jo-Ann Miller 22,753 71.43 +19.61
Liberal National Stephen Fenton 9,101 28.57 −19.61
Labor hold Swing +19.61

References

  1. ↑ 2015 State General Election - Bundamba - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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