Electoral district of Currumbin
| Currumbin Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Currumbin 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Laura Gerber | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Currumbin | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 36,059 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 137 km2 (52.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°10′S 153°25′E / 28.167°S 153.417°E | ||||||||||||||
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Currumbin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district lies in the south-east corner of the state, along the New South Wales border. The district takes in southern parts of the Gold Coast and much of its hinterland. It includes the suburbs of Currumbin, Coolangatta, Elanora and Tugun as well as the rural Currumbin Valley and Tallebudgera Valley. The electorate was first contested in 1986.
Members for Currumbin
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo Gately | National | 1986–1989 | |
| Trevor Coomber | Liberal | 1989–1992 | |
| Merri Rose | Labor | 1992–2004 | |
| Jann Stuckey | Liberal | 2004–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–2020 | ||
| Laura Gerber | Liberal National | 2020–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Laura Gerber | 11,957 | 40.24 | −7.45 | |
| Labor | Kaylee Campradt | 10,317 | 34.72 | −0.91 | |
| Greens | Peter Burgoyne | 2,933 | 9.87 | −1.85 | |
| Independent | Richard Stuckey | 1,681 | 5.66 | +5.66 | |
| One Nation | Glen Wadsworth | 1,193 | 4.01 | +4.01 | |
| Independent | Tracy Takacs-Thorne | 1,048 | 3.53 | +3.53 | |
| United Australia | Anna Palmer | 460 | 1.55 | +1.55 | |
| Independent | Ian Logan | 127 | 0.43 | +0.43 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,716 | 95.34 | −0.01 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,454 | 4.66 | +0.01 | ||
| Turnout | 31,170 | 86.44 | +1.97 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Laura Gerber | 15,013 | 50.52 | −2.79 | |
| Labor | Kaylee Campradt | 14,703 | 49.48 | +2.79 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −2.79 | |||
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Primary vote results in Currumbin (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
Independent
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Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Currumbin
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Currumbin – District Summary, ECQ.
External links
[edit]- Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)