Electoral district of Southport
| Southport Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Southport 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Rob Molhoek | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Southport | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,899 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 33 km2 (12.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°57′S 153°23′E / 27.950°S 153.383°E | ||||||||||||||
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Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district is based in the northern part of the Gold Coast. It is named for the suburb of Southport, and also includes the suburbs of Arundel, Labrador, Molendinar and Parkwood. It was first created for the 1977 election.
An earlier district based in the same region was also called Southport. It existed from 1950 to 1960.
Members for Southport
| First incarnation (1950–1960) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Eric Gaven | Country | 1950–1960 | |
| Second incarnation (1977–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Peter White | Liberal | 1977–1980 | |
| Doug Jennings | National | 1980–1987 | |
| Mick Veivers | National | 1987–2001 | |
| Peter Lawlor | Labor | 2001–2012 | |
| Rob Molhoek | Liberal National | 2012–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 12,734 | 45.58 | −1.50 | |
| Labor | Susie Gallagher | 9,650 | 34.54 | +4.87 | |
| Greens | Alan Quinn | 2,532 | 9.06 | −1.51 | |
| One Nation | Raphael Felix | 1,631 | 5.84 | +5.84 | |
| Independent | Brett Lambert | 669 | 2.39 | +2.39 | |
| United Australia | Maria Avdjieva | 456 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
| Civil Liberties & Motorists | Jack Drake | 267 | 0.96 | −1.94 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,939 | 95.66 | +0.86 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,269 | 4.34 | −0.86 | ||
| Turnout | 29,208 | 83.69 | +1.33 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 15,482 | 55.41 | −1.83 | |
| Labor | Susie Gallagher | 12,457 | 44.59 | +1.83 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −1.83 | |||
References
- ^ "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 – Southport – District Summary, ECQ.