| Mermaid Beach Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Mermaid Beach (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| Dates current: | 2009–present |
| MP: | Ray Stevens |
| Party: | Liberal National |
| Namesake: | Mermaid Beach |
Mermaid Beach is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the southern part of the Gold Coast. It is a safe seat for the Liberal National Party.
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A compact urban, coastal electorate, Mermaid Beach includes the Gold Coast suburbs of Mermaid Beach, Mermaid Waters, Broadbeach Waters, Merrimac, Florida Keys, Miami Keys and parts of Robina.
Essentially a new name for the former district of Robina, Mermaid Beach was first created for the 2009 state election. Its inaugural member is Ray Stevens, previously the member for Robina.
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Ray Stevens | Liberal National | 2009–present | |
| Queensland state election, 2009: Mermaid Beach[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Ray Stevens | 14,628 | 54.4 | +5.9 | |
| Labor | Christina Landis | 8,999 | 33.5 | -9.3 | |
| Greens | Marella Pettinato | 1,798 | 6.7 | -2.1 | |
| DS4SEQ | Ibolya Monai | 744 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
| Independent | Shannon Crane | 700 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,869 | 97.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 594 | 2.4 | |||
| Turnout | 27,463 | 88.1 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Ray Stevens | 15,304 | 60.8 | +8.1 | |
| Labor | Christina Landis | 9,863 | 39.2 | -8.1 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +8.1 | |||