Burnett is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in central Queensland, Australia.
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)MemberPartyTerm 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)MemberPartyTerm Francis Ivory Squatter-Conservative 1873–1878 William Henry Baynes Squatter-Conservative 1878–1883 Berkeley Moreton 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)MemberPartyTerm 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
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References
Further reading 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)