NAT 17.3%
Incumbent MP
Katrina Hodgkinson, since 1999.
Geography
Southern NSW. Burrinjuck covers all of Boorowa, Cootamundra, Cowra, Gundagai, Harden, Weddin, Yass Valley and Young local government areas. The seat also covers parts of Bland, Blayney, Junee and Upper Lachlan local government areas. Major centres in the seat are Yass, Cootamundra, Young, Grenfell and Cowra.
History
The electoral district of Burrinjuck has existed since 1950. It was a Labor seat from 1950 to 1988, a Liberal seat from 1988 to 1998, and a National Party seat since 1999.
Bill Sheahan first won Burrinjuck in 1950. He had held the seat of Yass since 1941, and the seat was renamed Burrinjuck in 1950. He served as a minister in the Labor government from 195o to 1965, and retired in 1973.
He was succeeded by his son Terry Sheahan. He served as a minister from 1980 until 1988, when he was defeated in Burrinjuck, and the Labor government lost power.
Burrinjuck was won in 1988 by Liberal candidate Alby Schultz. Schultz held the seat for ten years, and in 1998 resigned to run for the federal seat of Hume. He has held Hume ever since.
Burrinjuck was won in 1999 by National Party candidate Katrina Hodgkinson. She has held the seat ever since, and has sat on the Opposition frontbench since 2003.
Candidates
- Iain Fyfe (Greens)
- Luna Zivadinovic (Labor)
- Ann Woods (Christian Democratic Party)
- Katrina Hodgkinson (Nationals)
Political situation
Burrinjuck is a safe Nationals seat.
2007 result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Katrina Hodgkinson | NAT | 27,939 | 64.7 | +7.5 |
| Jessica Forde | ALP | 12,601 | 29.2 | -3.8 |
| Iain Fyfe | GRN | 2,645 | 6.1 | +1.8 |
2007 two-candidate-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
| Katrina Hodgkinson | NAT | 28,442 | 67.3 | +4.9 |
| Jessica Forde | ALP | 13,799 | 32.3 | -4.9 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Burrinjuck have been divided into four areas. Booths in Yass Valley local government area have been grouped together.
The remainder of the seat has been divided between North (Blayney, Cowra, Weddin and Young council areas), East (Boorowa and Upper Lachlan council areas) and South-West (Cootamundra, Gundagai, Harden and Junee council areas).
The Nationals’ two-party vote varied from 74.9% in the east to 63.4% in the south-west.
| Voter group | GRN % | NAT 2CP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| North | 4.7 | 66.2 | 14,910 | 34.5 |
| South-West | 3.9 | 63.4 | 8,151 | 18.9 |
| Yass Valley | 12.0 | 67.3 | 6,965 | 16.1 |
| East | 4.9 | 74.9 | 4,824 | 11.2 |
| Other votes | 6.8 | 70.2 | 8,325 | 19.3 |
Another candidate here is Ann Woods for the CDP. Still no Labor candidate though.
Labor might not bother here Nick
They’l run to harvest the Leg Co votes and public funding for primary votes, Matt. They might run a uni student that doesn’t visit the electorate during the campaign in order to keep costs low.
Long way from holding it up until the ’88 election…
As recently as 1999, this seat was close.
My prediction: National retain, 4-7% swing.
Are Labor even going to name a candidate for this seat?
Well I believe today was the last day candidates could get on the ballot. http://www.nswalp.com/people/electorate-search/?key=burrinjuck only gives me the Duty MLC Mick Veitch
Labor have a candidate, according to the NSWEC website: Luna Zivadinovic, of Vaucluse… hmm, paper candidate much? I wonder if she could name more than one town in this electorate. Makes the CDP candidate from Mittagong look very local indeed.
Weirdly, that’s the only two candidates listed. Do sitting members get automatically re-nominated? The Green bloke had better get his act together, though.
Thanks Bird, you’re correct. I found it awfully difficult to find but I found it. I know it’s a safe Nats seat but the others aren’t even trying.
Hah, as with Barwon, only Nats and Greens can rustle up local candidates.