Electoral district of Southport
State electoral district of Queensland, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Southport is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
| 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 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.
Members for Southport
| First incarnation (1950–1960) | |||
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| 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 | 15,183 | 51.41 | +5.81 | |
| Labor | Letitia Del Fabbro | 8,128 | 27.52 | −6.98 | |
| One Nation | David Vaughan | 2,581 | 8.74 | +2.84 | |
| Greens | Mitch McCausland | 2,574 | 8.71 | −0.29 | |
| Family First | Ruth Fea | 1,069 | 3.62 | +3.62 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,535 | 94.85 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,605 | 5.15 | |||
| Turnout | 31,140 | 84.01 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 18,060 | 61.15 | +5.75 | |
| Labor | Letitia Del Fabbro | 11,475 | 38.85 | −5.75 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +5.75 | |||
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