Electoral district of Surfers Paradise

Coordinates: 27°59′S 153°24′E / 27.983°S 153.400°E / -27.983; 153.400
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Surfers Paradise
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Surfers Paradise 2017
StateQueensland
MPJohn-Paul Langbroek
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeSurfers Paradise
Electors35,065 (2020)
Area24 km2 (9.3 sq mi)
DemographicInner-metropolitan
Coordinates27°59′S 153°24′E / 27.983°S 153.400°E / -27.983; 153.400
Electorates around Surfers Paradise:
Bonney Broadwater Coral Sea
Southport Surfers Paradise Coral Sea
Gaven
Mudgeeraba		 Mermaid Beach Coral Sea
Electoral map of Surfers Paradise 2008

Surfers Paradise is an

Surfers Paradise, the largest suburb of the Gold Coast.[1]

While the Gold Coast has historically tilted conservative, Surfers Paradise has historically been a particularly conservative seat even by Gold Coast standards. It is one of the few areas of the Gold Coast where

National seat for all but one term from its creation in 1972 to 2001, with its best-known member being Rob Borbidge, the last National Premier of Queensland.[citation needed
]

This tradition was broken after Borbidge resigned in the wake of the

Liberal John-Paul Langbroek on a large swing.[citation needed
]

Since then, the seat has been one of the safest seats in Queensland for the Liberals and the merged Liberal National Party of Queensland, and has often been the safest LNP seat in the state. It is presently the LNP's fifth-safest seat, with Labor needing a 16.6 percent swing to win it. As a measure of how conservative this seat is, Langbroek suffered a swing of 10 percent against him in 2015, but still retained it with a comfortable majority of 19.2 percent. Langbroek served as opposition leader from 3 April 2009 - 22 March 2011[2] — the first member from the Liberal side of the merger to hold the post.[citation needed]

The seat is almost entirely within the equally conservative federal seat of Moncrieff.[citation needed]

Members for Surfers Paradise

Member Party Term
  (Sir) Bruce Small
Country
 1972–1974
 
National
 1974–1977
  Bruce Bishop
Liberal
 1977–1980
  Rob Borbidge
National
 1980–2001
  Lex Bell
Independent
 2001–2004
  John-Paul Langbroek
Liberal
 2004–2008
  Liberal National 2008–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Surfers Paradise
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Surfers Paradise.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Surfers Paradise[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National John-Paul Langbroek 16,470 57.73 −5.50
Labor Brianna Bailey 7,265 25.47 +3.06
Greens Nelson Quinn 2,324 8.15 −0.96
One Nation Leeanne Schultz 1,785 6.26 +6.26
United Australia Roger McKay 684 2.40 +2.40
Total formal votes 28,528 96.51 +2.06
Informal votes 1,031 3.49 −2.06
Turnout 29,559 84.30 +3.34
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National John-Paul Langbroek 18,890 66.22 −3.57
Labor Brianna Bailey 9,638 33.78 +3.57
Liberal National hold Swing −3.57

References

  1. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mr John-Paul Langbroek". Members. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  3. ^ 2020 State General Election – Surfers Paradise – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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