Electoral district of Burnett explained

Burnett
State:	qld
Mp:	Stephen Bennett
Mp-Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Burnett River
Electors:	35928
Electors Year:	2020
Area:	7687
Class:	Rural
Coordinates:	-24.6167°N 154°W
Near-N:	Gladstone
Near-Ne:	Coral Sea
Near-E:	Coral Sea
Near-Se:	Hervey Bay
Near-S:	Maryborough
Near-Sw:	Callide
Near-W:	Callide
Near-Nw:	Gladstone

Burnett is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in central Queensland, Australia.^[1]

It covers most of the coastal region south of Gladstone, as well as coastal and inland regions completely surrounding the district of Bundaberg. Towns within its boundaries include Miriam Vale, Agnes Water, Rosedale, Bargara, Woodgate and Childers. The Burnett River flows through the electoral district, hence its name.

Members for Burnett

First incarnation (1860–1873, 2 members)
Member		Party	Term
		Charles Haly	Squatter-Conservative	1860–1863
		Robert Mackenzie	Squatter-Conservative	1860–1869
		John Edwards	Squatter-Conservative	1863–1865
		Charles Haly	Squatter-Conservative	1865–1867
		Ratcliffe Pring	Squatter-Conservative	1867–1870
		Charles Haly	Squatter-Conservative	1869–1871
		Berkeley Moreton	Independent Liberal	1870–1871
		John Bramston	Squatter-Conservative	1871–1873
		Walter Scott	Squatter-Conservative	1871–1873
Second incarnation (1873–1932, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
		Francis Ivory	Squatter-Conservative	1873–1878
		William Henry Baynes	Squatter-Conservative	1878–1883
			Liberal	1883–1888
		George Hall Jones	Unaligned	1888–1891
		James John Cadell	Conservative	1891–1896
		William McCord	Conservative	1896–1898
		William Ryott Maughan	Labor	1898–1899
		William Kent	Ministerialist	1899–1904
		Alfred Jones	Labor	1904–1909
		Robert Hodge	Ministerialist	1909–1912
		Bernard Corser	Liberal/National	1912–1928
		Robert Boyd	Country and Progressive National	1928–1932
Third incarnation (1960–present, 1 member)
Member		Party	Term
		Claude Wharton	Country	1960–1974
			National	1974–1986
		Doug Slack	National	1986–2001
		Trevor Strong	Labor	2001–2004
		Rob Messenger	National	2004–2008
			Liberal National	2008–2010
			Independent	2010–2012
		Stephen Bennett	Liberal National	2012–present

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Burnett.

References

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930–1980 w.an outline of Queensland electorates 1859–1980 / D.B. Waterson and John Arnold

External links

• Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)

Notes and References

1. 27 April 2020.