Maroochydore – QLD 2017

LNP 10.3%

Incumbent MP
Fiona Simpson, since 1992.

Geography
Sunshine Coast. Maroochydore covers the central Sunshine Coast suburbs of Marcoola, Mudjimba, Twin Waters, Maroochydore, Alexander Headland and Mooloolaba.

Redistribution
Maroochydore mostly maintained its existing boundaries, but lost its northernmost suburb of Coolum Beach to Ninderry. This change increased the Labor margin from 9.3% to 10.4%.


History

The seat of Maroochydore was created in 1992, and has always been held by the same MP.

Fiona Simpson was elected as the National Party Member for Maroochydore in 1992, at the age of 27.

Simpson was re-elected in 1995 and 1998, and joined the opposition frontbench in 1998 after the National-Liberal coalition lost power. She has since won re-election in 2001, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2012.

Simpson also served as Deputy Leader of the National Party from 2006 until the merger of the National Party with the Liberal Party to form the LNP in 2008.

Simpson served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2015.

Candidates

Assessment
Maroochydore is a safe LNP seat.

2015 election result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Fiona Simpson Liberal National 15,267 48.5 -9.7 49.6
Bill Gissane Labor 7,743 24.6 +4.4 24.0
James Mcdonald Palmer United Party 4,356 13.8 +13.8 13.9
Trudy Byrnes Greens 4,138 13.1 +0.1 12.4
Informal 666 2.1

2015 two-party-preferred result

Candidate Party Votes % Swing Redist
Fiona Simpson Liberal National 16,767 59.3 -11.7 60.3
Bill Gissane Labor 11,523 40.7 +11.7 39.7
Exhausted 3,214 10.2

Booth breakdown

Booths in Kawana have been divided into three areas: central, north and south.

The LNP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 56% in the north to 59.5% in the south.

The Palmer United Party primary vote ranged from 12.7% in the south to 14.5% in the north, while the Greens primary vote ranged from 12.1% in the central to 14.9% in the north.

Voter group PUP prim % GRN prim % LNP 2PP % Total votes % of votes
North 14.5 14.9 55.9 5,557 22.2
Central 14.0 12.1 58.2 3,354 13.4
South 12.7 12.6 59.5 2,832 11.3
Other votes 14.0 11.6 63.1 13,266 53.0

Election results in Maroochydore at the 2015 QLD state election
Click on the ‘visible layers’ box to toggle between two-party-preferred votes, Palmer United Party primary votes and Greens primary votes.

1 COMMENT

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here