Created 1934 (1934) Electors 105,841 (2016) Founded 1934 Member of parliament Terri Butler Namesake Samuel Griffith | MP Terri Butler Demographic Inner Metropolitan Area 60 km² Elector 105,841 Party Australian Labor Party | |
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The Division of Griffith is an electoral division for the Australian House of Representatives. The division covers the inner southern suburbs of Brisbane, Queensland.
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Terri Butler retained the seat for Labor at the 2014 Griffith by-election on 8 February, caused by the resignation of the previous member, former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who held the seat from 1998 until his resignation in November 2013.
History
Griffith was created in 1934, replacing the seat of Oxley which had been established in 1900. The division is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, former politician and a principal author of the Constitution of Australia.
Boundaries
Griffith covers the inner southern Brisbane suburbs of 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, as well as parts of Annerley, Cannon Hill, Carina, Holland Park, Holland Park West, Mount Gravatt East, Murarrie, Tarragindi and West End.