Electoral district of Kawana

Kawana Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Kawana (2008—)
State	Queensland
Dates current	2001–present
MP	Jarrod Bleijie
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Kawana Waters
Electors	35,339 (2015)
Area	74 km^2 (28.6 sq mi)
Coordinates	26°44′S 153°5′E / 26.733°S 153.083°ECoordinates: 26°44′S 153°5′E / 26.733°S 153.083°E

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.

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.^[1]

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

Queensland state election, 2015: Kawana[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Jarrod Bleijie	15,909	50.39	−16.45
	Labor	Mark Moss	8,422	26.68	+8.81
	Palmer United	Jeremy Davey	3,693	11.70	+11.70
	Greens	Marcus Finch	2,743	8.69	+0.36
	Independent	Michael Jessop	516	1.63	+1.63
	Independent	Jason Deller	287	0.91	+0.91
Total formal votes			31,570	97.71	−0.11
Informal votes			740	2.29	+0.11
Turnout			32,310	89.76	−0.87
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Jarrod Bleijie	16,991	60.09	−16.17
	Labor	Mark Moss	11,285	39.91	+16.17
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−16.17

References

1. "2008 Queensland State Redistribution: Kawana". Electoral Commission of Queensland.
2. 2015 State General Election - Kawana - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)