Electoral district of Bulimba

The district of Bulimba is an electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

The electorate covers the inner eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is bounded on the north and the west by the Brisbane River and covers the suburbs of Bulimba, Balmoral, Cannon Hill, Hawthorne, Morningside, Norman Park, Murrarie and Seven Hills.

Bulimba has existed continuously since the 1873 election, originally covering most of the outer South-East of Brisbane. The current member is Pat Purcell, the former Minister for Emergency Services during the government of Peter Beattie. At the 2004 election Purcell suffered a swing of 4.5% but still managed to defeat Liberal Party candidate Glenn Snowdon by a margin of 18.5%. Purcell retained the seat in the 2006 state election despite another swing against the Labor party in favour of Liberal Party candidate Angela Julian-Armitage.

In 1929 Bulimba returned Queensland's first woman Member of Parliament, the Country and Progressive National Party's Irene Longman who served for one term. The Federal Division of Longman is named in her honor.

Members for Bulimba

¹ Sir James Dickson, member for Enoggera 1873-1888 and Bulimba 1892-1901, alternately listed his party status as Ministerialist (twice) and Independent. The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.

² Walter Barnes, member for Bulimba 1901-1915 and 1918-1923 and member for Wynnum from 1923 to 1933, alternately listed his party status as Ministerialist (twice), Opposition, Nationalist Party of Australia, United Party and Country and Progressive National Party. The parliamentary members' register does not list dates for these changes.