Electoral district of Currumbin

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Currumbin
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
ECQ-2017-Final-Currumbin.pdf
Electoral map of Currumbin 2017
State Queensland
MP Laura Gerber
Party Liberal National
Namesake Currumbin
Electors 36,059 (2020)
Area137 km2 (52.9 sq mi)
DemographicOuter-metropolitan
Coordinates 28°10′S153°25′E / 28.167°S 153.417°E / -28.167; 153.417 Coordinates: 28°10′S153°25′E / 28.167°S 153.417°E / -28.167; 153.417
Electorates around Currumbin:
Mudgeeraba Mudgeeraba Burleigh
Mudgeeraba Currumbin Coral Sea
New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales
Electoral map of Currumbin 2008 QLD - Currumbin 2008.png
Electoral map of Currumbin 2008

Currumbin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. [1]

Contents

The district lies in the south-east corner of the state, along the New South Wales border. The district takes in southern parts of the Gold Coast and much of its hinterland. It includes the suburbs of Currumbin, Coolangatta, Elanora and Tugun as well as the rural Currumbin Valley and Tallebudgera Valley. The electorate was first contested in 1986.

Members for Currumbin

MemberPartyTerm
  Leo Gately National 1986–1989
  Trevor Coomber Liberal 1989–1992
  Merri Rose Labor 1992–2004
  Jann Stuckey Liberal 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2020
  Laura Gerber Liberal National 2020–present

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Currumbin [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Laura Gerber 11,95740.24−7.45
Labor Kaylee Campradt10,31734.72−0.91
Greens Peter Burgoyne2,9339.87−1.85
Independent Richard Stuckey1,6815.66+5.66
One Nation Glen Wadsworth1,1934.01+4.01
Independent Tracy Takacs-Thorne1,0483.53+3.53
United Australia Anna Palmer4601.55+1.55
Independent Ian Logan1270.43+0.43
Total formal votes29,71695.34−0.01
Informal votes1,4544.66+0.01
Turnout 31,17086.44+1.97
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Laura Gerber 15,01350.52−2.79
Labor Kaylee Campradt14,70349.48+2.79
Liberal National hold Swing −2.79

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References

  1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. 2020 State General Election – Currumbin – District Summary, ECQ.