| Surfers Paradise Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Surfers Paradise (2008—) |
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| State or territory: | Queensland |
| MP: | John-Paul Langbroek |
| Party: | Liberal National |
| Namesake: | Surfers Paradise |
Surfers Paradise is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
Contents |
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Bruce Small | Country | 1972–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1977 | ||
| Bruce Bishop | Liberal | 1977–1980 | |
| Rob Borbidge | National Country | 1980–1982 | |
| National | 1982–2001 | ||
| Lex Bell | Independent | 2001–2004 | |
| John-Paul Langbroek | Liberal | 2004–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–present | ||
| Queensland state election, 2009: Surfers Paradise[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 15,075 | 59.0 | +1.6 | |
| Labor | Caleb Rook | 7,017 | 27.5 | -6.2 | |
| Greens | Bridget Maizey | 1,671 | 6.5 | -2.3 | |
| DS4SEQ | Wendy Coe | 1,166 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
| Independent | Don Magin | 613 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 25,542 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 556 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 26,098 | 85.8 | |||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | John-Paul Langbroek | 15,808 | 66.5 | +4.4 | |
| Labor | Caleb Rook | 7,958 | 33.5 | -4.4 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||