Electoral district of Tweed

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 Nationals. It is located in the Tweed Valley and eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar.[1]

Tweed
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1894–1904
1999–present
MPGeoff Provest
PartyNational Party
NamesakeTweed River
Electors56,940 (2019)
Area511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial and rural
Electorates around Tweed:
Mudgeeraba
(QLD)
Currumbin
(QLD)
Pacific Ocean
Lismore Tweed Pacific Ocean
Lismore Ballina Pacific Ocean

History

Tweed was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. The region was part of Richmond from 1904 to 1913, Byron from 1913 until 1988 when the district was renamed Murwillumbah. In 1999 the district was renamed Tweed.[2]

Members for Tweed

First incarnation (1894—1904)
MemberPartyTerm
  John Willard[3] Labor 1894–1894
  Joseph Kelly[4] Protectionist 1894–1898
  Richard Meagher[5] Independent 1898–1904
Second incarnation (1999—present)
MemberPartyTerm
  Neville Newell[6] Labor 1999–2007
  Geoff Provest[7] National 2007–present

Election results

2023 New South Wales state election: Tweed[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Geoff Provest 20,172 44.0 −3.6
Labor Craig Elliot 14,212 31.0 +31.0
Greens Ciara Denham 5,367 11.7 −2.1
Legalise Cannabis Marc Selan 2,468 5.4 +5.4
Sustainable Australia Ronald McDonald 2,248 4.9 +1.1
Animal Justice Susie Hearder 1,388 3.0 −0.8
Total formal votes 45,855 96.3 +0.3
Informal votes 1,757 3.7 −0.3
Turnout 47,612 82.6 −2.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Geoff Provest 21,723 53.6 −1.4
Labor Craig Elliot 18,793 46.4 +1.4
National hold Swing−1.4
Results are not final. Last updated at 16:33 on 7 April 2023.

References

  1. "Tweed". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  2. "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  3. "Mr John Willard (1857- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. "Mr Joseph Bede Kelly (1855-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  5. "Mr Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. "Mr Neville Joseph Newell (1952- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  7. "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith Provest MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  8. LA First Preference: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  9. LA Two Candidate Preferred: Tweed, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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