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
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

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 Premier of Queensland.

Members for Broadwater

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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

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2024 Queensland state election: Broadwater[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National David Crisafulli 20,916 63.99 4.40
Labor Tamika Hicks 7,022 21.48 −5.05
One Nation Steven Whitehead 2,244 6.87 0.94
Greens Simon Margan 1,615 4.94 −0.28
Family First Peter Edwards 889 2.72 2.72
Total formal votes 32,686 96.70 −0.09
Informal votes 1,114 3.30 0.09
Turnout 33,800 88.42 −0.73
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National David Crisafulli 23,311 71.32 4.75
Labor Tamika Hicks 9,375 28.68 −4.75
Liberal National hold Swing 4.75
Primary vote results in Broadwater (Parties with less than 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Liberal National
  Liberal
  National
  Labor
  Greens
  One Nation
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Katter's Australian
Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Broadwater

References

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  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. ^ "2024 State General Election – Broadwater – District Summary". Electoral Commission of Queensland. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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