Electoral district of Kawana

Kawana
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Kawana, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2001–present
MPJarrod Bleijie
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeKawana Waters
Electors36,772 (2020)
Area47 km2 (18.1 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial
Coordinates26°44′S 153°5′E / 26.733°S 153.083°E / -26.733; 153.083
Electorates around Kawana:
Buderim Maroochydore Coral Sea
Caloundra Kawana Coral Sea
Caloundra Caloundra Coral Sea
2008 map

Kawana is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over its short history.[1]

Geography

A coastal urban electorate lying to the east of the Bruce Highway, Kawana includes the suburbs of Kawana Waters, Sippy Downs, Minyama, Buddina, Parrearra, Warana, Bokarina and Birtinya. It also includes Aroona, Little Mountain, Wurtulla and parts of Currimundi and Caloundra West, all of which were added to the district at the redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election.

Originally the district stretched further north and west to include the suburbs of Buderim, Mountain Creek and Tanawha. However, these parts were redistributed into the new district of Buderim by the aforementioned redistribution.[2]

History

First created for the 2001 state election, Kawana essentially replaced the abolished district of Mooloolah. The sitting member for Mooloolah, Bruce Laming of the Liberal Party, contested the seat, but was defeated by Chris Cummins of the Labor Party, who subsequently retained the seat at the 2004 state election. Cummins became a minister in the government of Peter Beattie before losing his seat to Liberal Party candidate Steve Dickson at the 2006 state election. Dickson transferred to the new seat of Buderim at the 2009 state election and was succeeded by Liberal National candidate Jarrod Bleijie.

Members for Kawana

Member Party Term
  Chris Cummins Labor 2001–2006
  Steve Dickson Liberal 2006–2008
  Liberal National 2008–2009
  Jarrod Bleijie Liberal National 2009–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Kawana
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Kawana.[edit]
2024 Queensland state election: Kawana[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Jarrod Bleijie 19,036 55.6 +4.7
Labor Jim Dawson 9,717 28.4 −2.6
Greens Ian Simons 3,263 9.5 +0.2
One Nation Peter Hinton 2,247 6.5 +0.5
Total formal votes 34,263 96.5
Informal votes 1,229 3.5
Turnout 35,492
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Jarrod Bleijie 21,489 62.7 +3.4
Labor Jim Dawson 12,774 37.3 −3.4
Liberal National hold Swing +3.4
Primary vote results in Kawana (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Liberal/Liberal National
  Labor
  Greens
  One Nation
  Katter's Australian
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Independent
Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Kawana

References

  1. ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Kawana". Electoral Commission of Queensland. Archived from the original on 29 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Kawana - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.