Division of Fadden

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Fadden
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: Queensland
Created: 1977
MP: Stuart Robert
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Arthur Fadden
Electors: 92,909
Area: 636 km² (245.6 sq mi)
Demographic: Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1977 and is named for Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941. When it was created it included a large area south of Brisbane, but today it is located in the northern Gold Coast area, including Coomera, Labrador, Pimpama and Runaway Bay. As its boundaries have changed Fadden has become an increasingly safe seat for the Liberal Party.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Donald Milner Cameron Liberal 1977—1983
  David Beddall Labor 1983—1984
  David Jull Liberal 1984—2007
  Stuart Robert Liberal 2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Fadden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stuart Robert 40,813 48.92 -11.17
Labor Rana Watson 28,106 33.69 +6.14
National Alex Douglas 6,177 7.40 +7.40
Greens Michael Beale 3,748 4.49 +0.36
Family First Ross Wilson 1,743 2.09 -1.73
Independent David Montgomery 1,065 1.28 +1.28
One Nation John Walter 695 0.83 -1.23
Citizens Electoral Council Ken Martin 582 0.70 -0.09
Democrats Chris Faint 504 0.60 -0.94
Total formal votes 83,433 95.69 +1.80
Informal votes 3,754 4.31 -1.80
Turnout 87,187 93.84 +0.08
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Stuart Robert 50,288 60.20 -5.70
Labor Rana Watson 33,205 39.80 +5.70
Liberal hold Swing -5.70
Australian federal election, 2004: Fadden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Jull 42,328 59.56 +6.18
Labor Peter Eather 19,919 28.03 +0.04
Greens Willy Bach 3,011 4.24 +0.96
Family First Lyn Rees 2,680 3.77 +3.77
One Nation John Walter 1,428 2.01 -5.22
Democrats Suzanne Wilson 1,109 1.56 -2.65
Citizens Electoral Council Ken Martin 598 0.84 +0.84
Total formal votes 71,073 93.83 +0.27
Informal votes 4,672 6.17 -0.27
Turnout 75,745 92.21 +1.90
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal David Jull 46,393 65.28 +2.16
Labor Peter Eather 24,680 34.72 -2.16
Liberal hold Swing +2.16
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