Electoral district of Mermaid Beach

Mermaid Beach is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The district is based in the southern part of the Gold Coast.^[1]

Mermaid Beach Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Mermaid Beach 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	2009–present
MP	Ray Stevens
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Mermaid Beach
Electors	35,823 (2020)
Area	23 km^2 (8.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner-metropolitan
Coordinates	28°3′S 153°25′E / 28.050°S 153.417°E / -28.050; 153.417
Electorates around Mermaid Beach: Mudgeeraba Surfers Paradise Coral Sea Mudgeeraba Mermaid Beach Coral Sea Mudgeeraba Burleigh Coral Sea

2008 map

Geography

A compact urban, coastal electorate, Mermaid Beach includes the Gold Coast suburbs of Mermaid Beach, Mermaid Waters, Broadbeach Waters, Merrimac, Miami and parts of Robina.

History

Essentially a new name for the former district of Robina, Mermaid Beach was first created for the 2009 state election. Its inaugural member is Ray Stevens, previously the member for Robina.

Members for Mermaid Beach

Member		Party	Term
	Ray Stevens	Liberal National	2009–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Mermaid Beach

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

2020 Queensland state election: Mermaid Beach^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	12,604	44.07	−1.48
	Labor	Carl Ungerer	8,721	30.49	+5.74
	Greens	Zai Harris	3,090	10.80	+1.13
	One Nation	Stephen James	1,434	5.01	+5.01
	Legalise Cannabis	Deb Lynch	1,142	3.99	+3.99
	Independent	Tory Jones	506	1.77	+1.77
	United Australia	Hristo Avdjiev	375	1.31	+1.31
	Independent	Rhett Holt	302	1.06	+1.06
	Independent	Nicholas McArthur-Williams	254	0.89	+0.89
	Civil Liberties & Motorists	Suphakan (Mod) Somsriruen	174	0.61	+0.61
Total formal votes			28,602	93.86	+0.50
Informal votes			1,870	6.14	−0.50
Turnout			30,472	85.06	+1.63
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ray Stevens	15,558	54.39	−1.87
	Labor	Carl Ungerer	13,044	45.61	+1.87
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−1.87

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

  Liberal National

  Labor

  Greens

  Family First

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  One Nation

  Katter's Australian

  Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Mermaid Beach

References

1. (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 – Mermaid Beach – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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