Currumbin Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Electoral map of Currumbin 2017 | |||||||||||||||
State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
MP | Laura Gerber | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Currumbin | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 36,059 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 137 km2 (52.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 28°10′S 153°25′E / 28.167°S 153.417°E | ||||||||||||||
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Currumbin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
The district lies in the south-east corner of the state, along the New South Wales border. The district takes in southern parts of the Gold Coast and much of its hinterland. It includes the suburbs of Currumbin, Coolangatta, Elanora and Tugun as well as the rural Currumbin Valley and Tallebudgera Valley. The electorate was first contested in 1986.
Member | Party | Term | |
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Leo Gately | National | 1986–1989 | |
Trevor Coomber | Liberal | 1989–1992 | |
Merri Rose | Labor | 1992–2004 | |
Jann Stuckey | Liberal | 2004–2008 | |
Liberal National | 2008–2020 | ||
Laura Gerber | Liberal National | 2020–present |
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Currumbin |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Laura Gerber | 11,957 | 40.24 | −7.45 | |
Labor | Kaylee Campradt | 10,317 | 34.72 | −0.91 | |
Greens | Peter Burgoyne | 2,933 | 9.87 | −1.85 | |
Independent | Richard Stuckey | 1,681 | 5.66 | +5.66 | |
One Nation | Glen Wadsworth | 1,193 | 4.01 | +4.01 | |
Independent | Tracy Takacs-Thorne | 1,048 | 3.53 | +3.53 | |
United Australia | Anna Palmer | 460 | 1.55 | +1.55 | |
Independent | Ian Logan | 127 | 0.43 | +0.43 | |
Total formal votes | 29,716 | 95.34 | −0.01 | ||
Informal votes | 1,454 | 4.66 | +0.01 | ||
Turnout | 31,170 | 86.44 | +1.97 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Laura Gerber | 15,013 | 50.52 | −2.79 | |
Labor | Kaylee Campradt | 14,703 | 49.48 | +2.79 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | −2.79 |