Electoral district of Waterford

Waterford Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Waterford (2008—)
State	Queensland
MP	Shannon Fentiman
Party	Labor
Namesake	Waterford
Electors	34,878 (2015)
Area	65 km2 (25.1 sq mi)

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

The district is based in the central urban suburbs of Logan City. It is named for the suburb of Waterford and also includes the suburbs of Beenleigh, Bethania, Edens Landing, Kingston, Holmview, Loganholme, Loganlea, Meadowbrook, Slacks Creek, Tanah Merah and Waterford West. The electorate was first created for the 1992 election.

Members for Waterford

Member		Party	Term
	Tom Barton	Labor	1992–2006
	Evan Moorhead	Labor	2006–2012
	Mike Latter	Liberal National	2012–2015
	Shannon Fentiman	Labor	2015–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Waterford

Queensland state election, 2015: Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shannon Fentiman	15,645	52.40	+13.77
	Liberal National	Mike Latter	9,347	31.30	−8.31
	Greens	Ray Smith	2,537	8.50	+1.49
	Independent	Jeffrey Hodges	1,454	4.87	+3.49
	Independent	Jason Dickson	876	2.93	+1.55
Total formal votes			29,859	96.95	+0.37
Informal votes			938	3.05	−0.37
Turnout			30,797	87.00	−2.31
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shannon Fentiman	17,820	63.33	+14.37
	Liberal National	Mike Latter	10,319	36.67	−14.37
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+14.37

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)