Electoral district of Tweed
State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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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]
| Tweed New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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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 | 57,646 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial and rural | ||||||||||||||
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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) | |||
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| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Geoff Provest | 20,494 | 43.89 | −3.66 | |
| Labor | Craig Elliot | 14,425 | 30.90 | −0.07 | |
| Greens | Ciara Denham | 5,517 | 11.82 | −2.03 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Marc Selan | 2,534 | 5.43 | +5.43 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Ronald McDonald | 2,298 | 4.92 | +1.11 | |
| Animal Justice | Susie Hearder | 1,422 | 3.05 | −0.79 | |
| Total formal votes | 46,690 | 96.33 | +0.32 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,777 | 3.67 | −0.32 | ||
| Turnout | 48,467 | 84.08 | −1.27 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Geoff Provest | 22,075 | 53.58 | −1.39 | |
| Labor | Craig Elliot | 19,125 | 46.42 | +1.39 | |
| National hold | Swing | −1.39 | |||