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Electoral district of Southport
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Southport (UK Parliament constituency).
Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Rob Molhoek | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Southport | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 34,899 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 33 km2 (12.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 27°57′S 153°23′E | ||||||||||||||
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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.