Division of Fairfax

Fairfax Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fairfax (green) within Queensland
Created	1984
MP	Clive Palmer
Party	Palmer United
Namesake	Ruth Fairfax
Electors	95,467 (2013)
Area	1,036 km² (400.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association. It is located in the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Coolum, Maroochydore, Buderim, Nambour, Montville, Kenilworth and Eumundi. It has always been held by a centre-right party.

In the 2013 election, Clive Palmer, leader of the Palmer United Party, contested and, after the distribution of preferences from all the minor parties and the ALP, very narrowly won the seat by 36 votes over the Liberal National candidate at the first count.^[1] This was reduced to 7 votes after a recount of the distribution of preferences.^[1] Since the result was determined by less than 100 votes, the Australian Electoral Commission conducted another full recount^[1] which Clive Palmer won by 27 votes.

Members

	Party	Term
Evan Adermann	National	1984–1990
Alex Somlyay	Liberal	1990–2010
Alex Somlyay	Liberal National	2010–2013
Clive Palmer	Palmer United	2013-present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fairfax

Australian federal election, 2013: Fairfax
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ted O'Brien	34,959	41.32	−8.13
	Palmer United	Clive Palmer	22,409	26.49	+26.49
	Labor	Elaine Hughes	15,429	18.24	−9.07
	Greens	David Knobel	7,046	8.33	−9.67
	Katter's Australian	Ray Sawyer	1,623	1.92	+1.92
	Family First	Angela Meyer	1,416	1.67	−3.57
	Independent	Trudy Byrnes	1,016	1.20	+1.20
	One Nation	Mike Holt	709	0.84	+0.84
Total formal votes			84,607	94.88	−0.09
Informal votes			4,569	5.12	+0.09
Turnout			89,176	93.41	+0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted O'Brien	52,184	61.68	+4.73
	Labor	Elaine Hughes	32,423	38.32	−4.73
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Palmer United	Clive Palmer	42,330	50.03	+50.03
	Liberal National	Ted O'Brien	42,277	49.97	−7.03
	Palmer United gain from Liberal National		Swing	N/A

References

1 2 3 "Clive Palmer wins Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax by seven votes, triggering recount". ABC. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

External links

Division of Fairfax (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

Blair Bonner Bowman Brisbane Capricornia Dawson Dickson Fadden Fairfax Fisher Flynn Forde Griffith Groom Herbert Hinkler Kennedy Leichhardt Lilley Longman Maranoa McPherson Moncrieff Moreton Oxley Petrie Rankin Ryan Wide Bay Wright Abolished: Darling Downs Oxley (1901–34)

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 26°35′10″S 152°53′17″E / 26.586°S 152.888°E / -26.586; 152.888

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