Griffith
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Griffith in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election
Created1934 (1934)
MPMax Chandler-Mather
PartyGreens
NamesakeSir Samuel Griffith
Electors121,277 (2022)
Area57 km2 (22.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Griffith is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives. The division covers the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland.[1]

History

Sir Samuel Griffith, the division's namesake

The division is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, former politician and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.[1]

Griffith was created in 1934, replacing the seat of Oxley which had been established in 1900.[2]

Terri Butler retained the seat for Labor[3] at the 2014 Griffith by-election on 8 February, caused by the resignation of the previous member, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who held the seat from 1998 until his resignation in November 2013.

Griffith has a growing Greens vote, with the party winning 5 booths on primary vote at the 2019 federal election and a further 4 booths in which the party came at a close second. The Greens also achieved their strongest favourable swing in 2019 within this seat (at 6.67%). In 2020, the Greens won the state seat of South Brisbane from Labor, which overlaps with part of the electorate, further supporting the trend of a growing Greens vote that has reduced Labor's primary vote in the seat. This subsequently led to Greens candidate Max Chandler-Mather winning the seat in the 2022 federal election, with 60.5% of the two-party preferred vote and 34.6% of the first preference vote.[4]

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[5]

Griffith covers the inner southern Brisbane suburbs of Balmoral, Bulimba, Camp Hill, Carina Heights, Coorparoo, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Greenslopes, Highgate Hill, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, Morningside, Norman Park, Seven Hills, South Brisbane, Stones Corner, West End and Woolloongabba, as well as parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, and Tarragindi.[1]

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Francis Baker
(1903–1939)		 Labor 15 September 1934 –
28 March 1939		 Previously held the Division of Oxley. Died in office
  William Conelan
(1895–1983)		 Labor 20 May 1939 –
10 December 1949		 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Curtin. Lost seat
  Doug Berry
(1907–1957)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
29 May 1954		 Lost seat
  Wilfred Coutts
(1908–1997)		 Labor 29 May 1954 –
22 November 1958		 Lost seat
  Arthur Chresby
(1908–1985)		 Liberal 22 November 1958 –
9 December 1961		 Lost seat
  Wilfred Coutts
(1908–1997)		 Labor 9 December 1961 –
26 November 1966		 Lost seat
  Don Cameron
(1940–)		 Liberal 26 November 1966 –
10 December 1977		 Transferred to the Division of Fadden
  Ben Humphreys
(1934–2019)		 Labor 10 December 1977 –
29 January 1996		 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Hawke.
Served as minister under Hawke and Keating. Retired
  Graeme McDougall
(1946–)		 Liberal 2 March 1996 –
3 October 1998		 Lost seat
  Kevin Rudd
(1957–)		 Labor 3 October 1998 –
22 November 2013		 Served as Opposition Leader from 2006 to 2007.
Served as Prime Minister from 2007 to 2010, and in 2013.
Served as minister under Gillard. Resigned to retire from politics
  Terri Butler
(1977–)		 Labor 8 February 2014 –
21 May 2022		 Lost seat
  Max Chandler-Mather
(1992–)		 Greens 21 May 2022 –
present		 Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Griffith.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Griffith[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Max Chandler-Mather 36,771 34.59 +10.94
Liberal National Olivia Roberts 32,685 30.74 −10.23
Labor Terri Butler 30,769 28.94 −2.01
One Nation Shari Ware 3,504 3.30 +1.18
United Australia Robert McMullan 2,581 2.43 +0.98
Total formal votes 106,310 98.00 +0.26
Informal votes 2,169 2.00 −0.26
Turnout 108,479 89.45 −1.60
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Terri Butler 64,923 61.07 +8.21
Liberal National Olivia Roberts 41,387 38.93 −8.21
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Max Chandler-Mather 64,271 60.46 +60.46
Liberal National Olivia Roberts 42,039 39.54 −7.59
Greens gain from Labor  


Primary votes results in Griffith
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Griffith

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Profile of the electoral division of Griffith (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Electoral Division of Oxley (Qld)". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Griffith by-election: voters to choose replacement for Kevin Rudd in poll on February 8". ABC News. 6 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Griffith (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
  5. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Griffith, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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