Division of Fairfax

The Division of Fairfax is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Ruth Fairfax, founder of the Country Women's Association. It is covers the Sunshine Coast region north of Brisbane and includes the towns of Buderim, Coolum, Eumundi, Kenilworth, Mapleton, Maroochydore, Montville, Nambour, Palmwoods, Peregian Springs, Woombye and Yandina.

Members
MemberPartyTerm  Evan Adermann National 1984–1990 Alex Somlyay Liberal 1990–2010  Liberal National 2010–2013  Clive Palmer  Palmer United 2013–2016  Ted O’Brien Liberal National 2016–present 
In the 2013 election, mining millionaire and leader of the Palmer United Party, Clive Palmer won the seat by 36 votes at the first count. This was reduced to 7 votes after a recount of the distribution of preferences. Because this was less than 100 votes, the Australian Electoral Commission counted all the votes again which gave Palmer a win by 53 votes. 
Election results

 References 

Other websites
 Division of Fairfax (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Category:Electoral divisions of Queensland
Category:1984 establishments in Australia