Electoral district of Tweed

Tweed
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Tweed; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904; 1999–present
MP	Geoff Provest
Party	National Party
Namesake	Tweed River
Electors	56,940 (2019)
Area	511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural
	Electorates around Tweed:

Last updated March 27, 2023

Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Provest of The Nationals. It is located in the Tweed Valley and eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar.^[1]

History

Tweed was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. The region was part of Richmond from 1904 to 1913, Byron from 1913 until 1988 when the district was renamed Murwillumbah. In 1999 the district was renamed Tweed.^[2]

Members for Tweed

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Willard ^[3]	Labor	1894–1894
	Joseph Kelly ^[4]	Protectionist	1894–1898
	Richard Meagher ^[5]	Independent	1898–1904
Second incarnation (1999—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Neville Newell ^[6]	Labor	1999–2007
	Geoff Provest ^[7]	National	2007–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Tweed^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	14,995	43.1	−4.5
	Labor	Craig Elliot	10,682	30.7	+30.7
	Greens	Ciara Denham	4,347	12.5	−1.4
	Legalise Cannabis	Marc Selan	1,937	5.6	+5.6
	Sustainable Australia	Ronald McDonald	1,773	5.1	+1.3
	Animal Justice	Susie Hearder	1,067	3.1	−0.8
Total formal votes			34,801	96.1	+0.1
Informal votes			1,415	3.9	−0.1
Turnout			36,216	62.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	16,246	53.2	−1.8
	Labor	Craig Elliot	14,318	46.8	+1.8

Results are not final. Last updated at 23:29 on 27 March 2023.

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References

↑ "Tweed". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
↑ "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
↑ "Mr John Willard (1857- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
↑ "Mr Joseph Bede Kelly (1855-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 June 2019.
↑ "Mr Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ "Mr Neville Joseph Newell (1952- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
↑ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith Provest MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.
↑ LA First Preference: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
↑ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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[NSW_EC_Tweed-1] "Tweed". New South Wales Electoral Commission . Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[ABC_Tweed-2] "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News . Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[John_Willard_NSW_parl-3] "Mr John Willard (1857- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2019.

[Joseph_Kelly_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Joseph Bede Kelly (1855-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[Richard_Meagher_NSW_parl-5] "Mr Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Neville_Newell_NSW_parl-6] "Mr Neville Joseph Newell (1952- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[Geoff_Provest_NSW_parl-7] "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith Provest MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[8] LA First Preference: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

[9] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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