Electoral district of Noosa

Noosa Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Noosa 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Sandy Bolton
Party	Independent
Namesake	Noosa Heads
Electors	36,797 (2020)
Area	728 km^2 (281.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	26°20′S 153°1′E
Electorates around Noosa: Gympie Gympie Coral Sea Gympie Noosa Coral Sea Nicklin Ninderry Coral Sea

Electoral map of Noosa 2008

Noosa is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on Noosa and stretches northwest to the southern border of Gympie, south to Peregian Springs and west to Eumundi.^[1]

The electorate was formed in 1992 following the redistribution of the Electoral district of Cooroora.

The seat is currently held by Sandy Bolton, an independent.

Members for Noosa

Member		Party	Term
	Bruce Davidson	Liberal	1992–2001
	Cate Molloy	Labor	2001–2006
		Independent	2006–2006
	Glen Elmes	Liberal	2006–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2017
	Sandy Bolton	Independent	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Noosa

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

2020 Queensland state election: Noosa^[2]^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sandy Bolton	14,051	43.92	+12.53
	Liberal National	James Blevin	9,344	29.21	−0.24
	Labor	Mark Denham	4,607	14.40	+1.59
	Greens	Rhonda Prescott	2,300	7.19	−4.38
	One Nation	Tracey Bell-Henselin	1,147	3.59	−8.18
	Animal Justice	Darrell Redford	541	1.69	+1.69
Total formal votes			31,990	97.45	+1.18
Informal votes			837	2.55	−1.18
Turnout			32,827	89.21	+1.50
Notional two-party-preferred count[a]
	Liberal National	James Blevin		51.60
	Labor	Mark Denham		48.40
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Sandy Bolton	21,065	65.85	+4.32
	Liberal National	James Blevin	10,925	34.15	−4.32
	Independent hold		Swing	+4.32

Primary vote results in Noosa (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal/Liberal National

  National

  Labor

  Greens

  One Nation

  Palmer United

  Katter's Australian

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Noosa

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
2. 2020 State General Election – Noosa – District Summary, ECQ.
3. The notional two-party-preferred figure is manually calculated using statewide preference flows.
4. "Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result". 18 November 2020.

Notes

1. Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green.^[4]

External links

• Green, Antony (9 June 2023). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.