Electoral district of Maiwar

Maiwar Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of Maiwar, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2017–present
MP	Michael Berkman
Party	Greens
Namesake	Indigenous name of the Brisbane River
Electors	38,663 (2020)
Area	38 km^2 (14.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Coordinates	27.4942°S 152.9756°E / -27.4942; 152.9756
Electorates around Maiwar: Moggill Cooper Cooper Moggill Maiwar South Brisbane Mount Ommaney Miller Miller

Maiwar is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, incorporating the inner western suburbs of Brisbane. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was first contested at the 2017 Queensland state election. The name of the electorate is stated by the government as being based on an Aboriginal name for the Brisbane River, however it is not the name that the Turrbal people who lived in the Brisbane region had for the river.^[1] The Brisbane River forms the southern boundary of the electorate.^[2]

It largely replaces areas of the abolished districts of Mount Coot-tha and Indooroopilly, north of the Brisbane River. Maiwar consists of the suburbs of Mount Coot-tha, Bardon, Auchenflower, Toowong, Taringa, Indooroopilly, St Lucia and Fig Tree Pocket.^[2]

At its creation, Maiwar was estimated to be a marginal seat for the Liberal National Party with a margin of 3.0%.^[3] The seat was however won at the 2017 Queensland state election by Michael Berkman of the Queensland Greens.^[4]

Members for Maiwar

Member		Party	Term
	Michael Berkman	Greens	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Maiwar

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Maiwar.[edit]

2020 Queensland state election: Maiwar^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Greens	Michael Berkman	14,254	41.32	+13.55
	Liberal National	Lauren Day	12,832	37.20	−4.70
	Labor	Palani Thevar	6,413	18.59	−8.94
	One Nation	Boyd Shannon	476	1.38	+1.38
	Independent	Michael Johnson	348	1.01	+1.01
	United Australia	Jacob Rush	170	0.49	+0.49
Total formal votes			34,493	98.63	+1.04
Informal votes			478	1.37	−1.04
Turnout			34,971	90.45	+3.64
Notional two-party-preferred count[a]
	Labor	Palani Thevar		54.20
	Liberal National	Lauren Day		45.80
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Michael Berkman	19,427	56.32	+4.70
	Liberal National	Lauren Day	15,066	43.68	−4.70
	Greens hold		Swing	+4.70

See also

• Electoral districts of Queensland
• Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
• Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name

References

1. Brisbane Courier 19/08/1901
2. Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
3. Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
4. "Elections - 2017 State General Election - Maiwar - District Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au.
5. 2020 State General Election – Maiwar – District Summary, ECQ.
6. "Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result". 18 November 2020.

Notes

1. Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green.^[6]