Division of Fadden
Fadden Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Map Interactive map of boundaries | |
Created | 1977 |
MP | Cameron Caldwell |
Party | Liberal National |
Namesake | Sir Arthur Fadden |
Electors | 127,812 (2022) |
Area | 387 km2 (149.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, covering most of the northern Gold Coast, including Coomera, Labrador, Ormeau, Pimpama and Runaway Bay.
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
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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.
Members
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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 | |
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David Beddall (1948-) |
Labor | 5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984 |
Transferred to the Division of Rankin | |
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David Jull (1944–2011) |
Liberal | 1 December 1984 – 17 October 2007 |
Previously held the Division of Bowman. Served as minister under Howard. Retired | |
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Stuart Robert (1970–) |
24 November 2007 – 19 July 2010 |
Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Resigned to retire from politics | ||
Liberal National | 19 July 2010 – 18 May 2023 | ||||
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Cameron Caldwell | 15 July 2023 – present |
Incumbent |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Cameron Caldwell | 43,554 | 49.08 | +4.46 | |
Labor | Letitia Del Fabbro | 19,580 | 22.06 | –0.29 | |
One Nation | Sandy Roach | 7,896 | 8.90 | +0.22 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Suzette Luyken | 6,424 | 7.24 | +7.24 | |
Greens | Scott Turner | 5,477 | 6.17 | –4.56 | |
Independent | Belinda Jones | 931 | 1.05 | +1.05 | |
Indigenous-Aboriginal | Marnie Laree Davis | 895 | 1.01 | +1.01 | |
Independent | Stewart Brooker | 805 | 0.91 | –3.26 | |
Sustainable Australia | Quentin Bye | 779 | 0.88 | +0.88 | |
Independent | Kevin Young | 641 | 0.72 | +0.72 | |
Australian Federation | James Tayler | 607 | 0.68 | +0.68 | |
Democrats | Chris Simpson | 589 | 0.66 | +0.66 | |
Australian Citizens | Jan Pukallus | 570 | 0.64 | +0.64 | |
Total formal votes | 88,748 | 93.20 | −2.49 | ||
Informal votes | 6,473 | 6.80 | +2.49 | ||
Turnout | 95,221 | 72.54 | −14.00 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Cameron Caldwell | 56,224 | 63.35 | +2.72 | |
Labor | Letitia Del Fabbro | 32,524 | 36.65 | –2.72 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.72 |
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References
[edit]- ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- ^ "Fadden, QLD". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
External links
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Labor (5) | |||||
Greens (3) | |||||
Katter's Australian (1) | |||||
Abolished | |||||
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