Division of Griffith

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Griffith
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1934
MP: Kevin Rudd
Party: Labor
Namesake: Samuel Griffith
Electors: 91,069
Area: 56 km² (21.6 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Griffith is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1934, when the old seat of Oxley was abolished, and is named for Sir Samuel Griffith, 9th Premier of Queensland and principal author of the Australian Constitution.

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[edit] Boundaries

Griffith is located in the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, including Balmoral, Bulimba, Camp Hill, Carina Heights, Coorparoo, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Greenslopes, Highgate Hill, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, Morningside, Norman Park, Seven Hills, South Brisbane, and Woolloongabba, and parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, Tarragindi, and West End.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Francis Baker Labor 1934—1940
  William Conelan Labor 1940—1949
  Douglas Berry Liberal 1949—1954
  Wilfred Coutts Labor 1954—1958
  Arthur Chresby Liberal 1958—1961
  Wilfred Coutts Labor 1961—1966
  Donald Cameron Liberal 1966—1977
  Ben Humphreys Labor 1977—1996
  Graeme McDougall Liberal 1996—1998
  Kevin Rudd Labor 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Griffith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Rudd 43,957 53.09 +4.31
Liberal Craig Thomas 28,133 33.98 -3.49
Greens William Bach 6,496 7.85 -0.97
Independent P M Howard 2,264 2.73 +2.73
Democrats Rob Cotterill 819 0.99 -0.33
Family First Andrew Hassall 654 0.79 -1.17
Socialist Alliance Jim McIlroy 293 0.35 -0.35
Liberty and Democracy Samantha Myers 182 0.22 +0.22
Total formal votes 82,798 97.12 +1.38
Informal votes 2,457 2.88 -1.38
Turnout 85,255 93.62 -0.20
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Kevin Rudd 51,600 62.32 +3.84
Liberal Craig Thomas 31,198 37.68 -3.84
Labor hold Swing +3.84
Australian federal election, 2004: Griffith
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Rudd 39,247 48.74 +3.20
Liberal Janelle Payne 30,032 37.30 -0.44
Greens Darryl Rosin 7,237 8.99 +3.55
Family First James Turner 1,572 1.95 +1.95
Democrats Bruce Carnwell 1,084 1.35 -1.59
Independent Derek Rosborough 768 0.95 +0.95
Socialist Alliance Lynda Hansen 580 0.72 +0.72
Total formal votes 80,520 95.74 -0.15
Informal votes 3,585 4.26 +0.15
Turnout 84,105 92.47 -2.46
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Kevin Rudd 47,207 58.63 +2.48
Liberal Janelle Payne 33,313 41.37 -2.48
Labor hold Swing +2.48

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