Electoral district 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]

Broadwater
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Broadwater, 2017
StateQueensland
MPDavid Crisafulli
PartyLiberal National Party
NamesakeNerang River Estuary
Electors32,865 (2017)
Area152 km2 (58.7 sq mi)
Coordinates27°51′S 153°24′E
Electorates around Broadwater:
Redlands Oodgeroo Coral Sea
Coomera Broadwater Coral Sea
Theodore Bonney Surfers Paradise
2008 map of Broadwater

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 of the Liberal National Party.

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

2017 Queensland state election: Broadwater[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National David Crisafulli 13,499 48.5 −8.5
Labor Peter Flori 6,477 23.3 −1.5
One Nation Brenden Ball 5,959 21.4 +18.6
Greens Daniel Kwon 1,908 6.9 +1.1
Total formal votes 27,843 96.2 −1.6
Informal votes 1,100 3.8 +1.6
Turnout 28,943 86.4 +7.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National David Crisafulli 18,928 68.0 +1.7
Labor Peter Flori 8,915 32.0 −1.7
Liberal National hold Swing+1.7

References

  1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. 2017 State General Election - Broadwater - District Summary, ECQ.
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