Electoral district of Burrinjuck
Burrinjuck was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1950 to 2015.
| Burrinjuck New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
 Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Created | 1950 |
| Abolished | 2015 |
| Electors | 48,924 (2011) |
| Area | 48,158 km2 (18,593.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,688 electors on 29 April 2007.[1] At the 2007 election it encompassed almost all of Yass Valley Shire (including Yass, but excluding Sutton), all of the Upper Lachlan (including Crookwell and Gunning), Boorowa Council, Cowra Shire, a small part of Blayney Shire (including Mandurama and Lyndhurst), Weddin Shire (including Grenfell), a small part of Bland Shire, Young Shire, Harden Shire (including the twin towns of Harden and Murrumburrah), Cootamundra Shire, Gundagai Shire and part of Junee Shire (including Bethungra and Illabo).[2]
At the 2015 election it was replaced by the re-established electoral district of Cootamundra and the relocated electoral district of Goulburn.
Members for Burrinjuck
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Sheahan | Labor | 1950–1973 | |
| Terry Sheahan | Labor | 1973–1988 | |
| Alby Schultz | Liberal | 1988–1998 | |
| Katrina Hodgkinson | National | 1999–2015 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 33,339 | 74.4 | +9.7 | |
| Labor | Luna Zivadinovic | 6,653 | 14.8 | -14.3 | |
| Greens | Iain Fyfe | 3,574 | 8.0 | +1.8 | |
| Christian Democrats | Ann Woods | 1,262 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 44,828 | 97.8 | -0.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,025 | 2.2 | +0.3 | ||
| Turnout | 45,853 | 93.8 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 34,618 | 81.1 | +13.7 | |
| Labor | Luna Zivadinovic | 8,093 | 18.9 | -13.7 | |
| National hold | Swing | +13.7 | |||
References
- "Redistribution Commissioners' Report" (PDF). Election Funding Authority of New South Wales. 21 December 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- "Burrinjuck". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2011.