Division of Fairfax
The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association.[1] It is covers the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Buderim, Coolum, Eumundi, Kenilworth, Mapleton, Maroochydore, Montville, Nambour, Palmwoods, Peregian Springs, Woombye and Yandina.[1]
| Fairfax Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
Map Interactive map of boundaries | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | Ted O'Brien |
| Party | Liberal National |
| Namesake | Ruth Fairfax |
| Electors | 95,467 (2013) |
| Area | 1,036 km2 (400.0 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evan Adermann | National | 1984–1990 | |
| Alex Somlyay | Liberal | 1990–2010 | |
| Liberal National | 2010–2013 | ||
| Clive Palmer | Palmer United | 2013-present | |
In the 2013 election, mining millionaire and leader of the Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer won the seat by 36 votes at the first count. This was reduced to 7 votes after a recount of the distribution of preferences.[2] Because this was less than 100 votes, the Australian Electoral Commission counted all the votes again which gave Palmer a win by 53 votes. [3]
Election results
| 2022 Australian federal election: Fairfax[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Ted O'Brien | 46,551 | 44.91 | −4.71 | |
| Labor | Sue Ferguson | 22,662 | 21.86 | +0.38 | |
| Greens | Sue Etheridge | 13,862 | 13.37 | +0.78 | |
| One Nation | Nikki Civitarese | 6,798 | 6.56 | −1.29 | |
| United Australia | Lisa Khoury | 6,132 | 5.92 | +2.86 | |
| Animal Justice | Tash Poole | 2,182 | 2.10 | +2.10 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Wendy Hazelton | 1,997 | 1.93 | +1.93 | |
| Independent | Barry Smith | 1,423 | 1.37 | +1.37 | |
| Great Australian | Craig White | 1,319 | 1.27 | +1.27 | |
| Independent | Sinim Australie | 733 | 0.71 | −0.64 | |
| Total formal votes | 103,659 | 94.47 | +0.90 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,066 | 5.53 | −0.90 | ||
| Turnout | 109,725 | 88.99 | −2.45 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Ted O'Brien | 61,108 | 58.95 | −4.49 | |
| Labor | Sue Ferguson | 42,551 | 41.05 | +4.49 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −4.49 | |||