Electoral district of Maiwar

Maiwar Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of Maiwar, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Michael Berkman
Party	Greens
Namesake	Indigenous name of the Brisbane River
Electors	38,663 (2020)
Area	38 km2 (14.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°29′39″S152°58′32″E / 27.4942°S 152.9756°E / -27.4942; 152.9756
Electorates around Maiwar: Moggill Cooper Cooper Moggill Maiwar South Brisbane Mount Ommaney Miller Miller

Maiwar is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, incorporating the inner western suburbs of Brisbane. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was first contested at the 2017 Queensland state election. The name of the electorate is stated by the government as being based on an Aboriginal name for the Brisbane River, however it is not the name that the Turrbal people who lived in the Brisbane region had for the river. ^{[1] [2]} The Brisbane River forms the southern boundary of the electorate. ^[3]

It largely replaces areas of the abolished districts of Mount Coot-tha and Indooroopilly, north of the Brisbane River. Maiwar consists of the suburbs of Mount Coot-tha, Bardon, Auchenflower, Toowong, Taringa, Indooroopilly, St Lucia and Fig Tree Pocket. ^[3]

At its creation, Maiwar was estimated to be a marginal seat for the Liberal National Party with a margin of 3.0%. ^[4] The seat was won by Michael Berkman of the Queensland Greens in the 2017 Queensland state election. ^[5]

Members for Maiwar

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Michael Berkman (1981–)	Greens	25 November 2017 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Maiwar

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Maiwar.[ edit ]

2024 Queensland state election: Maiwar ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Natasha Winters	13,676	37.70	+0.50
	Greens	Michael Berkman	12,319	33.96	−7.44
	Labor	Susan Irvine	9,160	25.25	+6.75
	One Nation	Grant Spork	1,119	3.09	+1.69
Total formal votes			36,274	98.22	−0.41
Informal votes			658	1.78	+0.41
Turnout			36,932	90.84	+0.39
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Michael Berkman	19,382	53.43	−2.87
	Liberal National	Natasha Winters	16,892	46.57	+2.87
	Greens hold		Swing	−2.87

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

1. "NATIVE NAME OF THE BRISBANE RIVER". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. LVIII, no. 13, 595. Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1901. p. 9. Retrieved 1 December 2024– via National Library of Australia.
2. "NATIVE NAME OF THE BRISBANE RIVER". The Brisbane Courier . Vol. LVIII, no. 13, 602. Queensland, Australia. 16 August 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 1 December 2024– via National Library of Australia.
3. Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette . p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
4. Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
5. "Elections - 2017 State General Election - Maiwar - District Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au.
6. "Maiwar - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.