Electoral district of Broadwater

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Broadwater
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Broadwater, 2017.pdf
Map of the electoral district of Broadwater, 2017
State Queensland
MP David Crisafulli
Party Liberal National Party
NamesakeNerang River Estuary
Electors 35,120 (2020)
Area130 km2 (50.2 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Coordinates 27°51′S153°24′E / 27.850°S 153.400°E / -27.850; 153.400 Coordinates: 27°51′S153°24′E / 27.850°S 153.400°E / -27.850; 153.400
Electorates around Broadwater:
Redlands Oodgeroo Coral Sea
Coomera Broadwater Coral Sea
Theodore Bonney Surfers Paradise
2008 map of Broadwater QLD - Broadwater 2008.png
2008 map of Broadwater

Broadwater is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created at the 1991 redistribution. [1]

Contents

The electorate is based on the northern end of the Gold Coast. It includes South Stradbroke Island as well as Labrador, Paradise Point, Runaway Bay and Sanctuary Cove and Coombabah.

Since 2017 the local member has been David Crisafulli, who is the leader of the Liberal National Party and the state's Opposition Leader.

Members for Broadwater

MemberPartyTerm
  Allan Grice National 1992–2001
  Peta-Kaye Croft Labor 2001–2012
  Verity Barton Liberal National 2012–2017
  David Crisafulli Liberal National 2017–present

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Broadwater.[ edit ]
2020 Queensland state election: Broadwater [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal National David Crisafulli 18,05959.59+11.11
Labor Maureen Simpson8,04126.53+3.27
One Nation Jesse Schneider1,7965.93−15.48
Greens April Broadbent1,5835.22−1.63
United Australia Mara Krischker4411.46+1.46
Informed Medical Options Natalie O'Donnell3861.27+1.27
Total formal votes30,30696.79+0.59
Informal votes1,0043.21−0.59
Turnout 31,31089.15+2.78
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National David Crisafulli 20,17466.57−1.41
Labor Maureen Simpson10,13233.43+1.41
Liberal National hold Swing −1.41
Primary vote results in Broadwater (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Liberal National
  Liberal
  National
  Labor
  Greens
  One Nation
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Katter's Australian
Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Broadwater

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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 – Broadwater – District Summary, ECQ.
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