Electoral district of Waterford

Not to be confused with Waterford (Dáil constituency).

Waterford is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1]

Waterford Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Waterford 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Shannon Fentiman
Party	Labor
Namesake	Waterford
Electors	34,157 (2020)
Area	56 km2 (21.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer-metropolitan
Coordinates	27°41′S 153°9′E
Electorates around Waterford: Stretton Toohey Mansfield Woodridge Waterford Springwood Logan Logan Macalister

Electoral map of Waterford 2008

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 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

2020 Queensland state election: Waterford^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Shannon Fentiman	14,759	54.52	+6.81
	Liberal National	Andrew Caswell	6,902	25.49	+5.47
	One Nation	Kim Miller	2,442	9.02	−11.68
	Greens	Lachlan Smart	1,882	6.95	−0.37
	Independent	Lanai Carter	688	2.54	+2.54
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Ben Olsen	400	1.48	+1.48
Total formal votes			27,073	94.87	+0.90
Informal votes			1,463	5.13	−0.90
Turnout			28,536	83.54	−0.88
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Shannon Fentiman	17,873	66.02	+4.90
	Liberal National	Andrew Caswell	9,200	33.98	−4.90
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.90

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Waterford.[edit]

References

1. "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.
2. 2020 State General Election – Waterford – District Summary, ECQ.
3. "Waterford - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.