Division of Griffith

The Division of Griffith is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was created in 1934. It is named for Sir Samuel Griffith, 9th Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, and principal author of the Constitution of Australia. It was represented from 1998 to 2013 by Kevin Rudd, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010 and from June to September 2013. On 13 November 2013, Rudd announced that he would resign from parliament at the end of week and retire from politics.

Boundaries
Griffith is in the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, including Balmoral, Bulimba, Camp Hill, Carina Heights, Coorparoo, Dutton Park, East Brisbane, Greenslopes, Highgate Hill, Hawthorne, Kangaroo Point, Morningside, Norman Park, Seven Hills, South Brisbane, and Woolloongabba, and parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, Tarragindi, and West End.

Members
MemberPartyTerm  Francis Baker Labor 1934–1939  William Conelan Labor 1939–1949  Douglas Berry Liberal 1949–1954  Wilfred Coutts Labor 1954–1958  Arthur Chresby Liberal 1958–1961  Wilfred Coutts Labor1961–1966  Donald Cameron Liberal 1966–1977  Ben Humphreys Labor 1977–1996  Graeme McDougall Liberal 1996–1998  Kevin Rudd Labor 1998–2013  Terri Butler Labor 2013–2022  Max Chandler-Mather Greens 2022–2025

Election results

References

Other websites 
 Division of Griffith (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission
 Kevin Rudd's website

Category:Electoral divisions of Queensland
Category:1934 establishments in Australia