Broadwater
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Broadwater, 2017
StateQueensland
MPDavid Crisafulli
PartyLiberal National Party
NamesakeNerang River Estuary
Electors35,120 (2020)
Area130 km2 (50.2 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Coordinates27°51′S 153°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

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

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

Member Party Term
  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

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Broadwater
2020 Queensland state election: Broadwater[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National David Crisafulli 18,059 59.59 +11.11
Labor Maureen Simpson 8,041 26.53 +3.27
One Nation Jesse Schneider 1,796 5.93 −15.48
Greens April Broadbent 1,583 5.22 −1.63
United Australia Mara Krischker 441 1.46 +1.46
Informed Medical Options Natalie O'Donnell 386 1.27 +1.27
Total formal votes 30,306 96.79 +0.59
Informal votes 1,004 3.21 −0.59
Turnout 31,310 89.15 +2.78
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National David Crisafulli 20,174 66.57 −1.41
Labor Maureen Simpson 10,132 33.43 +1.41
Liberal National hold Swing −1.41
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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
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Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Broadwater

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.

External links

Electoral districts of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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