Electoral district of Barambah

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Barambah
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
StateQueensland
Created1950
Abolished2001
NamesakeBarambah
DemographicRural
Coordinates26°17′S 151°57′E / 26.283°S 151.950°E / -26.283; 151.950Coordinates: 26°17′S 151°57′E / 26.283°S 151.950°E / -26.283; 151.950

Barambah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2001.[1]

The district was based in the South Burnett region. It was the seat of long-serving Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

Barambah was created in 1950, essentially as a reconfiguring of the old seat of Nanango. Fittingly, when Barambah was abolished in 2001, it was replaced by a recreated Nanango.[citation needed]

The seat was safely conservative for its entire existence. However, it fell to the Citizens Electoral Council at the 1988 by-election called after Bjelke-Petersen was forced out of politics–the only seat ever won by that party at the state or federal level in Australia. The winner of that by-election, Trevor Perrett, joined the National Party later in 1988. He held the seat until 1998, when Dorothy Pratt won it as part of One Nation's breakthrough in Queensland. Pratt herself left the party in 1999, and transferred to Nanango after Barambah was abolished in 2001.[citation needed]

Members for Barambah[]

Member Party Term
  Joh Bjelke-Petersen Country 1950–1974
National 1974–1987
  Trevor Perrett Citizens Electoral Council 1988
  National 1988–1998
  Dorothy Pratt One Nation 1998–1999
  Independent 1999–2001

Election results[]

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Barambah

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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