Electoral district of Surfers Paradise

Surfers Paradise Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Surfers Paradise (2008—)
State or territory:	Queensland
MP:	John-Paul Langbroek
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Surfers Paradise

Surfers Paradise is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.

Members for Surfers Paradise

Member		Party	Term
	Sir Bruce Small	Country	1972–1975
		National Country	1975–1977
	Bruce Bishop	Liberal	1977–1980
	Rob Borbidge	National Country	1980–1982
		National	1982–2001
	Lex Bell	Independent	2001–2004
	John-Paul Langbroek	Liberal	2004–2008
		Liberal National	2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Surfers Paradise

Queensland state election, 2009: Surfers Paradise
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	15,075	59.0	+1.6
	Labor	Caleb Rook	7,017	27.5	-6.2
	Greens	Bridget Maizey	1,671	6.5	-2.3
	DS4SEQ	Wendy Coe	1,166	4.6	+4.6
	Independent	Don Magin	613	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			25,542	97.7
Informal votes			556	2.3
Turnout			26,098	85.8
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	John-Paul Langbroek	15,808	66.5	+4.4
	Labor	Caleb Rook	7,958	33.5	-4.4
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.4

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)