Electoral district of Tweed
| Tweed New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
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Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Dates current |
1894–1904 1999–present |
| MP | Geoff Provest |
| Party | National Party of Australia |
| Area | 511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi) |
Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Provest of the National Party of Australia. It includes eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar.
Members for Tweed
| First incarnation (1894—1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Willard | Labor | 1894–1894 | |
| Joseph Kelly | Protectionist | 1894–1898 | |
| Richard Meagher | Independent | 1898–1904 | |
| Second incarnation (1999—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Neville Newell | Labor | 1999–2007 | |
| Geoff Provest | National | 2007–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tweed
| New South Wales state election, 2011: Tweed[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | Geoff Provest | 25,416 | 62.1 | +15.9 | |
| Labor | Reece Byrnes | 8,750 | 21.4 | -17.2 | |
| Greens | Andrea Vickers | 5,748 | 14.0 | +6.3 | |
| Christian Democrats | Corinne Pennay | 1,021 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 40,935 | 96.7 | -1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,395 | 3.3 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 42,330 | 86.6 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Geoff Provest | 26,389 | 71.7 | +18.7 | |
| Labor | Reece Byrnes | 10,432 | 28.3 | -18.7 | |
| National hold | Swing | +18.7 | |||
References
- ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
External links
- "Tweed". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2011-09-28.