Electoral district of Bundamba

Bundamba
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Bundamba electoral map 2017
State Queensland
MP Jo-Ann Miller
Party Labor
Namesake Bundamba
Electors 32,791 (2017)
Area 137 km2 (52.9 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
Electorates around Bundamba:
Ipswich West Mogill Inala
Ipswich Bundamba Jordan
Ipswich Jordan Jordan
Electoral map of Bundamba 2008

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 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, 2017: Bundamba[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jo-Ann Miller 13,883 53.3 −11.8
Liberal National Patrick Herbert 3,949 15.2 −5.1
Greens Michelle Duncan 2,842 10.9 +3.0
Independent Patricia Petersen 2,599 10.0 +10.0
Independent Shan-Ju Lin 1,413 5.4 +5.4
Independent Trevor Judd 1,338 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 26,024 91.8 −5.9
Informal votes 2,337 8.2 +5.9
Turnout 28,361 84.3 +3.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jo-Ann Miller 18,621 71.6 −4.3
Liberal National Patrick Herbert 7,403 28.5 +4.3
Labor hold Swing −4.3

References

  1. ↑ 2017 State General Election - Bundamba - District Summary, ECQ.
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