Electoral district of Mermaid Beach

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Mermaid Beach
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Mermaid Beach 2017.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Mermaid Beach 2017
State Queensland
Dates current2009–present
MP Ray Stevens
Party Liberal National
Namesake Mermaid Beach
Electors 35,823 (2020)
Area23 km2 (8.9 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Coordinates 28°3′S153°25′E / 28.050°S 153.417°E / -28.050; 153.417
Electorates around Mermaid Beach:
Mudgeeraba Surfers Paradise Coral Sea
Mudgeeraba Mermaid Beach Coral Sea
Mudgeeraba Burleigh Coral Sea
2008 map QLD - Mermaid Beach 2008.png
2008 map

Mermaid Beach is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the southern part of the Gold Coast. [1]

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Geography

A compact urban, coastal electorate, Mermaid Beach includes the Gold Coast suburbs of Mermaid Beach, Mermaid Waters, Broadbeach Waters, Merrimac, Miami and parts of Robina.

History

Essentially a new name for the former district of Robina, Mermaid Beach was first created for the 2009 state election. Its inaugural member is Ray Stevens, previously the member for Robina.

Members for Mermaid Beach

MemberPartyTerm
  Ray Stevens Liberal National 2009–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Mermaid Beach.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National Ray Stevens 12,60444.07−1.48
Labor Carl Ungerer8,72130.49+5.74
Greens Zai Harris3,09010.80+1.13
One Nation Stephen James1,4345.01+5.01
Legalise Cannabis Deb Lynch1,1423.99+3.99
Independent Tory Jones5061.77+1.77
United Australia Hristo Avdjiev3751.31+1.31
Independent Rhett Holt3021.06+1.06
Independent Nicholas McArthur-Williams2540.89+0.89
Civil Liberties & Motorists Suphakan (Mod) Somsriruen1740.61+0.61
Total formal votes28,60293.86+0.50
Informal votes1,8706.14−0.50
Turnout 30,47285.06+1.63
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Ray Stevens 15,55854.39−1.87
Labor Carl Ungerer13,04445.61+1.87
Liberal National hold Swing −1.87
Primary vote results in Mermaid Beach (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Liberal National
  Labor
  Greens
  Family First
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  One Nation
  Katter's Australian
  Independent
Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Mermaid Beach

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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.
  2. ↑ 2020 State General Election – Mermaid Beach – District Summary, ECQ.
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