Electoral district of Southport
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Australian electorate
27°57′S 153°23′E / 27.950°S 153.383°E / -27.950; 153.383Electorates around Southport: | ||
Gaven | Bonney | Surfers Paradise |
Gaven | Southport | Surfers Paradise |
Gaven | Surfers Paradise | Surfers Paradise |
Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district is based in the northern part of the Gold Coast. It is named for the suburb of Southport, and also includes the suburbs of Arundel, Labrador, Molendinar and Parkwood. It was first created for the 1977 election.
An earlier district based in the same region was also called Southport. It existed from 1950 to 1960.
Members for Southport
First incarnation (1950–1960) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Eric Gaven | Country | 1950–1960 | |
Second incarnation (1977–present) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Peter White | Liberal | 1977–1980 | |
Doug Jennings | National | 1980–1987 | |
Mick Veivers | National | 1987–2001 | |
Peter Lawlor | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
Rob Molhoek | Liberal National | 2012–present |
Election results
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Southport.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 12,734 | 45.58 | −1.50 | |
Labor | Susie Gallagher | 9,650 | 34.54 | +4.87 | |
Greens | Alan Quinn | 2,532 | 9.06 | −1.51 | |
One Nation | Raphael Felix | 1,631 | 5.84 | +5.84 | |
Independent | Brett Lambert | 669 | 2.39 | +2.39 | |
United Australia | Maria Avdjieva | 456 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
Civil Liberties & Motorists | Jack Drake | 267 | 0.96 | −1.94 | |
Total formal votes | 27,939 | 95.66 | +0.86 | ||
Informal votes | 1,269 | 4.34 | −0.86 | ||
Turnout | 29,208 | 83.69 | +1.33 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 15,482 | 55.41 | −1.83 | |
Labor | Susie Gallagher | 12,457 | 44.59 | +1.83 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −1.83 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Southport – District Summary, ECQ.
External links
- Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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