Buderim is an

electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district is a traditionally safe seat for the Liberal National Party.

Geography

A compact urban electorate, Buderim falls between the centres of Maroochydore and

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, bounded by the

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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. Its inaugural member was Steve Dickson, previously the member for Kawana.

Geography

History

Members for Buderim

Election results

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