Electoral district of Southport
Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
Southport Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Electoral map of Southport 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Rob Molhoek | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Southport | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 33,150 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 31 km2 (12.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°57′S 153°23′E | ||||||||||||||
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Electoral map of Southport 2008
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 12,499 | 47.1 | −2.5 | |
Labor | Judy Searle | 7,877 | 29.7 | −1.9 | |
Greens | Michelle Le Plastrier | 2,806 | 10.6 | +2.4 | |
Independent | Rick Flori | 2,597 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Consumer Rights | Johan Joubert | 769 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Total formal votes | 26,548 | 94.8 | −2.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,458 | 5.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 28,006 | 82.4 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 15,197 | 57.2 | −0.6 | |
Labor | Judy Searle | 11,351 | 42.8 | +0.6 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −0.6 | |||
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References
- "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)
- 2017 State General Election - Southport - District Summary, ECQ.
External links
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