Electoral district of Broadwater
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
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Broadwater is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created at the 1991 redistribution.[1]
| Broadwater Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Map of the electoral district of Broadwater, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | David Crisafulli | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Nerang River Estuary | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 35,120 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 130 km2 (50.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°51′S 153°24′E | ||||||||||||||
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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 member for Broadwater has been David Crisafulli, who is the leader of the Liberal National Party and the Premier of Queensland.
Members for Broadwater
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | David Crisafulli | 20,916 | 63.99 | +4.40 | |
| Labor | Tamika Hicks | 7,022 | 21.48 | −5.05 | |
| One Nation | Steven Whitehead | 2,244 | 6.87 | +0.94 | |
| Greens | Simon Margan | 1,615 | 4.94 | −0.28 | |
| Family First | Peter Edwards | 889 | 2.72 | +2.72 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,686 | 96.70 | −0.09 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,114 | 3.30 | +0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 33,800 | 88.42 | −0.73 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | David Crisafulli | 23,311 | 71.32 | +4.75 | |
| Labor | Tamika Hicks | 9,375 | 28.68 | −4.75 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +4.75 | |||
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Primary vote results in Broadwater (Parties with less than 5% of the vote are omitted)
Liberal National
Liberal
National
Labor
Greens
One Nation
Palmer United/United Australia Party
Katter's Australian
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Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Broadwater