Division of Fadden

Fadden Australian House of Representatives Division
Map Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1977
MP	Cameron Caldwell
Party	Liberal[a]
Namesake	Sir Arthur Fadden
Electors	127,812 (2022)
Area	387 km^2 (149.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, covering most of the northern Gold Coast, including Coomera, Labrador, Ormeau, Pimpama and Runaway Bay. The current MP is Cameron Caldwell of the Liberal Party.

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.

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[a] (1970–)		24 November 2007 – 18 May 2023	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Resigned to retire from politics
		Cameron Caldwell[a]		15 July 2023 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Fadden

This section is an excerpt from 2023 Fadden by-election § Results.[edit]

2023 Fadden by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Cameron Caldwell	43,554	49.08	+4.46
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	19,580	22.06	–0.29
	One Nation	Sandy Roach	7,896	8.90	+0.22
	Legalise Cannabis	Suzette Luyken	6,424	7.24	+7.24
	Greens	Scott Turner	5,477	6.17	–4.56
	Independent	Belinda Jones	931	1.05	+1.05
	Indigenous-Aboriginal	Marnie Laree Davis	895	1.01	+1.01
	Independent	Stewart Brooker	805	0.91	–3.26
	Sustainable Australia	Quentin Bye	779	0.88	+0.88
	Independent	Kevin Young	641	0.72	+0.72
	Federation	James Tayler	607	0.68	+0.68
	Democrats	Chris Simpson	589	0.66	+0.66
	Australian Citizens	Jan Pukallus	570	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			88,748	93.20	−2.49
Informal votes			6,473	6.80	+2.49
Turnout			95,221	72.54	−14.00
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Cameron Caldwell	56,224	63.35	+2.72
	Labor	Letitia Del Fabbro	32,524	36.65	–2.72
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.72

Primary vote results in Fadden (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal/Liberal National

  National

  Labor

  Greens

  Australian Democrats

  One Nation

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Fadden

Notes

1. Member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland sitting with the federal parliamentary Liberal Party.

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". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

External links

• Division of Fadden (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission