Division of Griffith

Griffith Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Griffith in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1934 (1934)
MP	Terri Butler
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Sir Samuel Griffith
Electors	111,917 (2019)
Area	57 km2 (22.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner 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.

Boundaries[]

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 in order to retire from politics
		Terri Butler (1977–)	Labor	8 February 2014 – present	Incumbent

Election results[]

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Griffith (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 27°29′10″S 153°03′43″E / 27.486°S 153.062°E / -27.486; 153.062