Division of Fadden

Fadden
Australian House of Representatives Division
Fadden; Australian House of Representatives Division
	Division of Fadden in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1977
MP	Stuart Robert
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Sir Arthur Fadden
Electors	127,812 (2022)
Area	387 km2 (149.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

Geography[edit]

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

History[edit]

Sir Arthur Fadden, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1977 and is named after Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941. When it was created it included a large area south of Brisbane, from the far south of the city to the Gold Coast hinterland, and was a marginal seat that changed hands between the Liberal Party and Australian Labor Party. A 1984 redistribution pushed it further into Brisbane, and it remained a marginal Liberal seat for most of the 1980s. A 1996 redistribution pushed it into the Gold Coast, and since then it has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat.

By 2004, it had moved almost clear of its original boundaries to become an exclusively Gold Coast seat. It now includes most of the northern Gold Coast, including Coomera, Labrador, Ormeau, Pimpama and Runaway Bay.

Members[edit]

Member	Party	Term	Notes
Don Cameron (1940–)	Liberal	10 December 1977 – 5 March 1983	Previously held the Division of Griffith. Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Moreton in 1983
David Beddall (1948-)	Labor	5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984	Transferred to the Division of Rankin
David Jull (1944–2011)	Liberal	1 December 1984 – 17 October 2007	Previously held the Division of Bowman. Served as minister under Howard. Retired
Stuart Robert (1970–)	Liberal	24 November 2007 – 19 July 2010	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent
Stuart Robert (1970–)	Liberal Nationals	19 July 2010 – present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent

Election results[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Fadden^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	47,190	44.62	−4.10
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	23,638	22.35	−0.16
	Greens	Sally Spain	11,353	10.73	+1.73
	One Nation	Sandy Roach	9,177	8.68	+0.11
	United Australia	Nathan O'Brien	7,014	6.63	+1.52
	Independent	Stewart Brooker	4,407	4.17	+4.17
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Forbes	2,992	2.83	−1.69
Total formal votes			105,771	95.69	+0.60
Informal votes			4,760	4.31	−0.60
Turnout			110,531	86.54	−3.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Stuart Robert	64,126	60.63	−3.55
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	41,645	39.37	+3.55
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−3.55

Primary vote results in Fadden (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

Liberal/Liberal National

National

Labor

Greens

Australian Democrats

One Nation

Palmer United/United Australia Party

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Fadden

References[edit]

^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
^ Fadden, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links[edit]

Division of Fadden (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

[1] Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.

[2] Fadden, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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