Tweed New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1894–1904 1999–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Geoff Provest | ||||||||||||||
Party | National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Tweed River | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 56,940 (2019) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
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Tweed is an electoral district of New South Wales. It was created in 1894, abolished in 1904 and recreated in 1999.
The current MP is Geoff Provest of the National Party.
2023 New South Wales state election: Tweed[1][2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National | Geoff Provest | 20,494 | 43.89 | −3.66 | |
Labor | Craig Elliot | 14,425 | 30.90 | −0.07 | |
Greens | Ciara Denham | 5,517 | 11.82 | −2.03 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Marc Selan | 2,534 | 5.43 | +5.43 | |
Sustainable Australia | Ronald McDonald | 2,298 | 4.92 | +1.11 | |
Animal Justice | Susie Hearder | 1,422 | 3.05 | −0.79 | |
Total formal votes | 46,690 | 96.33 | +0.32 | ||
Informal votes | 1,777 | 3.67 | −0.32 | ||
Turnout | 48,467 | 84.08 | −1.27 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Geoff Provest | 22,075 | 53.58 | −1.39 | |
Labor | Craig Elliot | 19,125 | 46.42 | +1.39 | |
National hold | Swing | −1.39 |