State Queensland Abolished 2001 Founded 1950 Namesake Barambah, Queensland | Created 1950 Demographic Rural Date dissolved 2001 | |
Barambah was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 1950 to 2001.
The district was based in the South Burnett region. It is best known for being the seat of long-serving Premier, Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen.
Barambah was created in 1950, essentially as a reconfiguring of the old seat of Nanango. Fittingly, when Barambah was abolished in 2001, it was replaced by a recreated Nanango.
Barambah was the only seat in any Australian parliament to be won by a Citizens Electoral Council candidate - at the 1988 by-election.
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Electoral district of Barambah Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA