Electoral district of Buderim

Buderim is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district is a traditionally safe seat for the Liberal National Party.^[1]

Buderim Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Buderim, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2009–present
MP	Brent Mickelberg
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Buderim
Electors	36,918 (2020)
Area	67 km2 (25.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	26°40′S 153°3′E
Electorates around Buderim: Ninderry Ninderry Maroochydore Nicklin Buderim Kawana Caloundra Kawana Kawana

2008 map

Geography

A compact urban electorate, Buderim falls between the centres of Maroochydore and Nambour, bounded by the Bruce Highway to the west, and the Sunshine Motorway to the east. It includes the Sunshine Coast suburbs of Buderim, Mountain Creek, Sippy Downs and Tanawha.

History

A new district created for the 2009 state election, it was constructed mostly from the northern part of the district of Kawana and the western part of the district of Maroochydore. It also took a section of territory previously belonging to the district of Nicklin.^[2] Its inaugural member was Steve Dickson, previously the member for Kawana.

Members for Buderim

Member		Party	Term
	Steve Dickson	Liberal National	2009–2017
		One Nation	2017
	Brent Mickelberg	Liberal National	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Buderim

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Buderim.[edit]

2024 Queensland state election: Buderim^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Brent Mickelberg	17,670	48.87	+6.37
	Labor	Adrian Burke	9,778	27.04	−1.26
	Greens	Deborah Moseley	4,190	11.59	+0.79
	One Nation	Ryan Beall	2,493	6.89	+2.19
	Legalise Cannabis	Shaun Sandow	2,027	5.61	+5.61
Total formal votes			36,158	96.60	−0.83
Informal votes			1,271	3.40	+0.83
Turnout			37,429	89.20	+0.07
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Brent Mickelberg	21,436	59.28	+3.99
	Labor	Adrian Burke	14,722	40.72	−3.99
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+3.99

Primary vote results in Buderim (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal National

  Labor

  Greens

  One Nation

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Katter's Australian

  Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Buderim