Division of Fadden

The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

Fadden
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fadden in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created1977
MPStuart Robert
PartyLiberal National
NamesakeSir Arthur Fadden
Electors114,043 (2019)
Area387 km2 (149.4 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]

History
Sir Arthur Fadden, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1977 and is named after Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941. When it was created it included a large area south of Brisbane, from the far south of the city to the Gold Coast hinterland, and was a marginal seat that changed hands between the Liberal Party and Australian Labor Party. A 1984 redistribution pushed it further into Brisbane, and it remained a marginal Liberal seat for most of the 1980s. A 1996 redistribution pushed it into the Gold Coast, and since then it has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat.

By 2004, it had moved almost clear of its original boundaries to become an exclusively Gold Coast seat. It now includes most of the northern Gold Coast, including Coomera, Labrador, Ormeau, Pimpama and Runaway Bay.

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Don Cameron
(1940–)		 Liberal 10 December 1977 –
5 March 1983		 Previously held the Division of Griffith. Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Moreton in 1983
  David Beddall
(1948-)		 Labor 5 March 1983 –
1 December 1984		 Transferred to the Division of Rankin
  David Jull
(1944–2011)		 Liberal 1 December 1984 –
17 October 2007		 Previously held the Division of Bowman. Served as minister under Howard. Retired
  Stuart Robert
(1970–)		 Liberal 24 November 2007 –
19 July 2010		 Incumbent. Served as minister under Turnbull. Currently a minister in the Morrison Government
  Liberal Nationals 19 July 2010 –
present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fadden
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in Queensland § Fadden.[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Fadden[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Stuart Robert 47,359 48.72 −0.67
Labor Luz Stanton 21,882 22.51 −3.48
Greens Scott Turner 8,747 9.00 +1.39
One Nation Darren Eather 8,334 8.57 −3.40
United Australia Mara Krischker 4,968 5.11 +5.11
Liberal Democrats Jake Welch 4,391 4.52 +4.52
Conservative National Allan Barber 1,531 1.57 +1.57
Total formal votes 97,212 95.09 −0.42
Informal votes 5,019 4.91 +0.42
Turnout 102,231 89.63 +1.59
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Stuart Robert 62,387 64.18 +2.94
Labor Luz Stanton 34,825 35.82 −2.94
Liberal National hold Swing+2.94

References
  1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Fadden, QLD, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.
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