title: Electoral district of Burnett
text: # Electoral district of Burnett
  
  Burnett is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in central Queensland, Australia.
  
  It covers most of the coastal region south of Gladstone, as well as coastal and inland regions completely surrounding the district of Bundaberg. Towns within its boundaries include Miriam Vale, Agnes Water, Rosedale, Bargara, Woodgate and Childers. The Burnett River flows through the electoral district, hence its name.
  
  ## Members for Burnett
  
  First incarnation (1860–1873, 2 members) :
  
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Charles Haly | Squatter-Conservative | 1860–1863 |
  | | Robert Mackenzie | Squatter-Conservative | 1860–1869 |
  | | John Edwards | Squatter-Conservative | 1863–1865 |
  | | Charles Haly | Squatter-Conservative | 1865–1867 |
  | | Ratcliffe Pring | Squatter-Conservative | 1867–1870 |
  | | Charles Haly | Squatter-Conservative | 1869–1871 |
  | | Berkeley Moreton | Independent Liberal | 1870–1871 |
  | | John Bramston | Squatter-Conservative | 1871–1873 |
  | | Walter Scott | Squatter-Conservative | 1871–1873 |
  | Second incarnation (1873–1932, 1 member) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Francis Ivory | Squatter-Conservative | 1873–1878 |
  | | William Henry Baynes | Squatter-Conservative | 1878–1883 |
  | | Berkeley Moreton | Liberal | 1883–1888 |
  | | George Hall Jones | Unaligned | 1888–1891 |
  | | James John Cadell | Conservative | 1891–1896 |
  | | William McCord | Conservative | 1896–1898 |
  | | William Ryott Maughan | Labor | 1898–1899 |
  | | William Kent | Ministerialist | 1899–1904 |
  | | Alfred Jones | Labor | 1904–1909 |
  | | Robert Hodge | Ministerialist | 1909–1912 |
  | | Bernard Corser | Liberal/National | 1912–1928 |
  | | Robert Boyd | Country and Progressive National | 1928–1932 |
  | Third incarnation (1960–present, 1 member) ||||
  | Member | Member | Party | Term |
  | | Claude Wharton | Country | 1960–1974 |
  | | Claude Wharton | National | 1974–1986 |
  | | Doug Slack | National | 1986–2001 |
  | | Trevor Strong | Labor | 2001–2004 |
  | | Rob Messenger | National | 2004–2008 |
  | | Rob Messenger | Liberal National | 2008–2010 |
  | | Rob Messenger | Independent | 2010–2012 |
  | | Stephen Bennett | Liberal National | 2012–present |
  
  ## Election results
  
  2020 Queensland state election: Burnett :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal National | Stephen Bennett | 15,330 | 48.61 | +6.16 |
  | | Labor | Kerri Morgan | 9,686 | 30.71 | +5.42 |
  | | One Nation | Geoffrey Mansell | 2,832 | 8.98 | −17.72 |
  | | Greens | Liam Johns | 1,436 | 4.55 | −1.00 |
  | | Katter's Australian | Paul Hudson | 1,336 | 4.24 | +4.24 |
  | | Informed Medical Options | Elizabeth Case | 682 | 2.16 | +2.16 |
  | | Independent | Ric Glass | 235 | 0.75 | +0.75 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 31,537 | 96.01 | −0.08 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,311 | 3.99 | +0.08 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 32,848 | 91.43 | +0.82 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal National | Stephen Bennett | 19,172 | 60.79 | +0.14 |
  | | Labor | Kerri Morgan | 12,365 | 39.21 | −0.14 |
  | | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | +0.14 | |
  