Electoral district of Beaudesert

Beaudesert Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Beaudesert (2008–2017)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1992–2017
MP	Several
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Beaudesert
Electors	35,644 (2015)
Area	4,322 km^2 (1,668.7 sq mi)
Coordinates	28°2′S 152°48′E

Beaudesert was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1991 to 2017.^[1]

Beaudesert encompassed rural and semi-urban regions located to the south of the Brisbane metropolitan area. Major communities located within this electoral included Beaudesert, Boonah, Aratula, Jimboomba, Tamborine, Canungra and Rathdowney.

The seat was created at the 1991 redistribution largely from the territory of the abolished seat of Fassifern. It was a safe seat for the National Party, and its successor the Liberal National Party, throughout its entire existence, although former member Aidan McLindon left the LNP in 2010 to form The Queensland Party. He subsequently joined and became state leader of Katter's Australian Party in 2011, but lost his seat in 2012.

The seat was removed in the 2017 electoral redistribution, being replaced (approximately) by the new Scenic Rim.^[2]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Kev Lingard	National	1992–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2009
	Aidan McLindon	Liberal National	2009–2010
		Independent	2010
		Queensland	2010–2011
		Australian	2011–2012
	Jon Krause	Liberal National	2012–2017

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Beaudesert

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
2. Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

External links

• Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)