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While the Sunshine Coast is traditionally a conservative area, Fairfax is located in a particularly conservative portion of the Sunshine Coast, and so has always been held by a centre-right party. Originally a safe seat for the
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Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the
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Palmer did not run for re-election, and it was widely expected that the seat would revert to the merged
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Primary vote results in Fairfax (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)
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Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland ยง Fairfax
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because, in 2013, LNP would have retained it easily in a "traditional"
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Map of the federal division Fairfax, accessed:07 May 2019
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The division was created in 1984 and is named after
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Index

Australian
House of Representatives
Division

MP
Ted O'Brien
Party
Liberal National Party
Ruth Fairfax
Electors
2022
Australian Electoral Division
Queensland
Australian Electoral Commission

Ruth Fairfax
Ruth Fairfax
Country Women's Association
Sunshine Coast
Brisbane
Coolum
Yaroomba
Marcoola
Mudjimba
Maroochydore
Buderim
Woombye
Bli Bli
Yandina
Nambour

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