Profile of the electoral division of Griffith (Qld)
Updated: 19 November 2019
- State/Territory:
- Queensland
- Date this name and boundary was gazetted:
- 27 March 2018
- First election this name was used at:
- 1934 federal election
- First election this boundary was used at:
- 2019 federal election
- Maps and data
- A4 map of the electoral division of Griffith (2018) [PDF 1.30MB]
Map of the Division of Griffith (2017) [PDF 3.89MB]
Download Queensland GIS data
- Name Derivation:
- Named in honour of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith QC, 1845–1920, for his involvement with Federation and the development of the Australian Constitutuion and who was the the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (1903–19).
- Area
- 57 sq km
- Location description
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The Division of Griffith consists of part of the Brisbane City Council.
- Demographic Rating:
- Inner Metropolitan – situated in capital cities and consisting of well-established built-up suburbs
- Current member details:
- Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website
- Previous members:
- Former members for an electoral division of this name can be found by searching ‘Electoral divisions’ or ‘Members of the House of Representatives since 1901’ in the historical information section of the Parliamentary Handbook
- AEC Divisional Office:
- Divisional Office contact details