Electoral district of Waterford
Appearance
Waterford Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Shannon Fentiman | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Waterford | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 34,157 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 56 km2 (21.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°41′S 153°9′E / 27.683°S 153.150°E | ||||||||||||||
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Waterford is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district is based in the central urban suburbs of Logan City. It is named for the suburb of Waterford and also includes the suburbs of Bethania, Edens Landing, Kingston, Holmview, Loganholme, Loganlea, Meadowbrook, Slacks Creek, Tanah Merah and Waterford West. The electorate was first created for the 1992 election.
Members for Waterford
[edit]Member | Party | Term | |
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Tom Barton | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
Evan Moorhead | Labor | 2006–2012 | |
Mike Latter | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 2015–present |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Shannon Fentiman | 14,759 | 54.52 | +6.81 | |
Liberal National | Andrew Caswell | 6,902 | 25.49 | +5.47 | |
One Nation | Kim Miller | 2,442 | 9.02 | −11.68 | |
Greens | Lachlan Smart | 1,882 | 6.95 | −0.37 | |
Independent | Lanai Carter | 688 | 2.54 | +2.54 | |
Civil Liberties & Motorists | Ben Olsen | 400 | 1.48 | +1.48 | |
Total formal votes | 27,073 | 94.87 | +0.90 | ||
Informal votes | 1,463 | 5.13 | −0.90 | ||
Turnout | 28,536 | 83.54 | −0.88 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Shannon Fentiman | 17,873 | 66.02 | +4.90 | |
Liberal National | Andrew Caswell | 9,200 | 33.98 | −4.90 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.90 |
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.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Waterford – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ "Waterford - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.