Electoral district of Mermaid Beach
| Mermaid Beach Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Mermaid Beach 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2009–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Ray Stevens | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Mermaid Beach | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 35,823 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 23 km2 (8.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 28°3′S 153°25′E / 28.050°S 153.417°E | ||||||||||||||
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Mermaid Beach is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the southern part of the Gold Coast.[1]
Geography
[edit]A compact urban, coastal electorate, Mermaid Beach includes the Gold Coast suburbs of Mermaid Beach, Mermaid Waters, Broadbeach Waters, Merrimac, Miami and parts of Robina.
History
[edit]Essentially a new name for the former district of Robina, Mermaid Beach was first created for the 2009 state election. Its inaugural member is Ray Stevens, previously the member for Robina.
Members for Mermaid Beach
[edit]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Stevens | Liberal National | 2009–present | |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Ray Stevens | 15,762 | 51.5 | +7.4 | |
| Labor | Joseph Shiels | 8,002 | 26.1 | −4.4 | |
| Greens | Lucy Carra Schulz | 3,331 | 10.9 | +0.1 | |
| One Nation | Roger Marquass | 2,097 | 6.9 | +1.8 | |
| Family First | Clare Todd | 1,423 | 4.6 | +4.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 30,615 | 94.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,771 | 5.5 | |||
| Turnout | 32,386 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Ray Stevens | 19,331 | 63.1 | +8.7 | |
| Labor | Joseph Shiels | 11,284 | 36.9 | −8.7 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
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Primary vote results in Mermaid Beach (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
Liberal National
Labor
Greens
Family First
Palmer United/United Australia Party
One Nation
Katter's Australian
Independent
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Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Mermaid Beach
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.
- ^ "Mermaid Beach - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
External links
[edit]- Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.