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
Queensland—Legislative 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)
Coordinates27°51′S 153°24′E
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 of the Liberal National Party.

Members for Broadwater
MemberPartyTerm
  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
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Broadwater
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Broadwater[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Broadwater[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National David Crisafulli 18,059 59.59 +11.11
Labor Maureen Simpson 8,041 26.53 +3.27
One Nation Jesse Schneider 1,796 5.93 −15.48
Greens April Broadbent 1,583 5.22 −1.63
United Australia Mara Krischker 441 1.46 +1.46
Informed Medical Options Natalie O'Donnell 386 1.27 +1.27
Total formal votes 30,306 96.79 +0.59
Informal votes 1,004 3.21 −0.59
Turnout 31,310 89.15 +2.78
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National David Crisafulli 20,174 66.57 −1.41
Labor Maureen Simpson 10,132 33.43 +1.41
Liberal National hold Swing−1.41

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. Retrieved 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 2020 State General Election – Broadwater – District Summary, ECQ.
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