Electoral district of Kawana

Kawana is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over its short history.[1]

Kawana
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Kawana, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2001–present
MPJarrod Bleijie
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeKawana Waters
Electors34,080 (2017)
Area43 km2 (16.6 sq mi)
Coordinates26°44′S 153°5′E
Electorates around Kawana:
Buderim Maroochydore Coral Sea
Caloundra Kawana Coral Sea
Caloundra Caloundra Coral Sea
2008 map

Geography

A coastal urban electorate lying to the east of the Bruce Highway, Kawana includes the suburbs of Kawana Waters, Sippy Downs, Minyama, Buddina, Parrearra, Warana, Bokarina and Birtinya. It also includes Aroona, Little Mountain, Wurtulla and parts of Currimundi and Caloundra West, all of which were added to the district at the redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election.

Originally the district stretched further north and west to include the suburbs of Buderim, Mountain Creek and Tanawha. However, these parts were redistributed into the new district of Buderim by the aforementioned redistribution.[2]

History

First created for the 2001 state election, Kawana essentially replaced the abolished district of Mooloolah. The sitting member for Mooloolah, Bruce Laming of the Liberal Party, contested the seat, but was defeated by Chris Cummins of the Labor Party, who subsequently retained the seat at the 2004 state election. Cummins became a minister in the government of Peter Beattie before losing his seat to Liberal Party candidate Steve Dickson at the 2006 state election. Dickson transferred to the new seat of Buderim at the 2009 state election and was succeeded by Liberal National candidate Jarrod Bleijie.

Members for Kawana
MemberPartyTerm
  Chris Cummins Labor 2001–2006
  Steve Dickson Liberal 2006–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2009
  Jarrod Bleijie Liberal National 2009–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kawana
2017 Queensland state election: Kawana[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal National Jarrod Bleijie 16,268 55.9 +5.3
Labor Mark Moss 7,415 25.5 −1.1
Greens Annette Spendlove 3,058 10.5 +1.6
Independent Michael Jessop 1,472 5.1 +2.3
Independent Jeremy Davey 887 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 29,100 95.1 −2.5
Informal votes 1,499 4.9 +2.5
Turnout 30,599 87.8 +1.6
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Jarrod Bleijie 18,354 63.1 +2.9
Labor Mark Moss 10,746 36.9 −2.9
Liberal National hold Swing+2.9

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.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  2. "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Kawana". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
  3. 2017 State General Election - Kawana - District Summary, ECQ.
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