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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Fairfax, Queensland
Named for: Ruth Fairfax (1878-1948), founder of the Country Women's
Association
Sunshine Coast: Buderim, Coolum Beach, Maroochydore, Nambour, Pacific Paradise
State seats: Parts of
Buderim,
Maroochydore,
Nicklin and
Ninderry
Local government areas: Parts of
Sunshine Coast
Borders with:
Blair,
Fisher and
Wide Bay
Enrolment at 2019 election: 114,127
Enrolment at 2022 election: 123,413 (+08.1)
1999 republic referendum: No 62.3
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 64.3
Sitting member: Ted O'Brien (Liberal):
Elected 2016, 2019
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 3.0%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.0%
2013 Palmer United majority over Liberal: 0.0%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor :10.9%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.4%
Nationals-Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Buderim PPVC (71.0), Forest Glen (69.9), Buderim West (69.8),
Maroochydore PPVC (69.1), Kureelpa (68.1)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Coolum Beach (49.5), Coolum Beach North (47.2), Nambour (47.2),
Eumundi (46.3), Mount Coolum (45.2)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Ted O'Brien
Liberal Party |
2. Wendy Hazelton
Informed Medical Options Party |
3. Tash Poole
Animal Justice Party |
4. Barry Smith
Independent |
5. Sue Etheridge
Australian Greens |
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6. Sinim Australie
Independent |
7. Lisa Khoury
United Australia Party |
8. Sue Ferguson
Australian Labor Party |
9. Craig White
Great Australia Party |
10. Nikki Civitarese
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
Candidate websites:
Nikki Civitarese
Sue Etheridge
Sue Ferguson
Wendy Hazelton
Lisa Khoury
Ted O'Brien
Tash Poole
Craig White
Division of Fairfax
Fairfax was created in 1984, in the northern part of the Sunshine Coast, the fast-growing tourism and
retirement region north of Brisbane. Until 2006 it was centred on Noosa, but the 2006 redistibution
moved the seat south and it is now based on Buderim, Maroochydore and Nambour. Tourism has replaced
agriculture as the dominant industry. The electorate has the below-average median family income level
typical of seats of this kind, particularly in Queensland, reflecting the large population of retired people.
It also has a low proportions of people in professional and managerial occupations and of people in
non English speaking households.
Fairfax has always been considered fairly safe for the non-Labor parties, shifting from National to Liberal
in 1990 when the Nationals made an ill-advised attempt to install
John Stone, the former head of the
Treasury but a candidate with no local standing. He was defeated by a Liberal,
Alex Somlyay, who held
the seat thereafter without difficulty until he retired in 2013. The seat was then very narrowly won by
the millionaire right-wing crank
Clive Palmer, who soon got bored with being an MP and retired in 2016.
Ted O'Brien, Liberal MP for Fairfax since 2016, was a Buderim businessman before his election, most
recently as managing director of a government relations firm, Barton Deakin. He was also
chairman of the Australian Republican Movement. The Labor candidate is Sue Ferguson, a nurse.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,298 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 19.2% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 2.0% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 74.0% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 7.4% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 17.9% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 34.2% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 17.9% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 31.8% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 26.9% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 34.6% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 29.4% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 29.9% (Australia 32.8%)
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