Burdekin is an electoral district in the Queensland Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...

 in the state of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia

Australia

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. Centred on the Ayr

Ayr, Queensland

Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia near the delta of the Burdekin River, named after the Scottish town of Ayr by the settlers from the United Kingdom...

–Home Hill

Home Hill, Queensland

Home Hill, Queensland is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. It is a sugarcane growing area with underground water supplies to irrigate crops. At the 2006 census, Home Hill had a population of 2,907.- Geography :...

 region, the electorate also includes some of Townsville

Townsville, Queensland

Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a 2006 census...

's southern suburbs (Stuart

Stuart, Queensland

-History during WW2:In December 1942, two classrooms of the Stuart State School on the outskirts of Townsville were used by the Army as the main Army Signals Communication Centre in North Queensland.The unit then moved to a concrete bunker at Roseneath....

, Wulguru

Wulguru, Queensland

Wulguru is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland.Wulguru is a fine suburb with a variety of different houses and landscapes. The bushy hills near Lexington Street and Coral Sea Crescent provide panoramic views of Townsville and Magnetic Island. However, most of this lovely area is owned by the...

 and Annandale

Annandale, Queensland

Annandale is a suburb of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It borders the southern side of Ross River. It is the biggest suburb of Townsville and thus the most populated in the city...

) as well as the coal-mining town of Collinsville

Collinsville, Queensland

Collinsville is a mining town in the coal-rich Bowen Basin region of central Queensland, Australia, 1245 km north of Brisbane and 87 km south-west of the coastal town of Bowen. The town is part of the Whitsunday Region...

. The Burdekin River

Burdekin River

The Burdekin River in Queensland, Australia rises on the western slope of the Seaview Range and flows into the Pacific Ocean at Upstart Bay over 200 km to the southeast of the source. The river was first encountered by Europeans during the expedition led by Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 and named...

 flows through part of the electorate.

Rosemary Menkens

Rosemary Menkens

Rosemary Norma Menkens is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Burdekin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Originally elected in 2004 for the National Party, she joined the Liberal National Party in 2008. She is currently performing the role of Shadow...

 of the Liberal National Party currently holds the seat, having won it from Labor's

Australian Labor Party

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 Steve Rodgers in the 2004 state election. Steve Rodgers re-contested the seat in 2006.

Members for Burdekin

Member		Party	Term
	Arthur Coburn	Independent	1950–1969
	Val Bird	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1969–1975
		National Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1975–1982
		National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1982–1983
	Mark Stoneman	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1983–1998
	Jeff Knuth Jeff Knuth Jeffrey Allan "Jeff" Knuth is a former Australian politician. Born in Ayr, Queensland, he is married to Janine and was a painter and decorator before entering politics. In 1998, he was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly as a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation, representing the seat...	One Nation	1998–1999
		Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1999
		Country Party Queensland	1999–2000
		City Country Alliance City Country Alliance The City Country Alliance was a short lived Australian political party that briefly held six Queensland state seats.It was founded in late 1999 after the One Nation Party contingent in the Queensland Legislative Assembly split...	2000–2001
	Steve Rodgers Steve Rodgers Steven Gordon "Steve" Rodgers is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2004, representing the seat of Burdekin....	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2001–2004
	Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Menkens Rosemary Norma Menkens is an Australian politician. She represents the electoral district of Burdekin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Originally elected in 2004 for the National Party, she joined the Liberal National Party in 2008. She is currently performing the role of Shadow...	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)