ALP 13.1%
Incumbent MP
Shannon Fentiman, since 2015.
Geography
South-East Queensland. Waterford covers suburbs in the City of Logan on the southern fringe of the Brisbane region, specifically Loganlea, Waterford, Meadowbrook, Bethania, Edens Landing, Tanah Merah, Loganholme and parts of Kingston, Slacks Creek and Beenleigh.
Redistribution
Waterford shifted north-west, losing Beenleigh, Holmview and Edens Landing to MacAlister and gaining Underwood and parts of Slacks Creek from Woodridge. These changes slightly reduced the Labor margin from 13.3% to 13.1%.
History
The seat of Waterford has existed since 1992, and has always been held by the ALP.
Tom Barton won Waterford for the ALP at the 1992 election. He was appointed as a minister in 1995, serving until the fall of the Goss government in 1996. He again served as a minister from 1998 until his retirement in 2006.
Evan Moorhead was elected in Waterford in 2006, and was re-elected in 2009.
In 2012, Moorhead was defeated by LNP candidate Mike Latter. Latter lost to Labor’s Shannon Fentiman in 2015.
Candidates
- Felicity Westguard (Liberal National)
- Lee McKenzie McKinnon (Independent)
- Kim Miller (One Nation)
- Shannon Fentiman (Labor)
- Kirsty Petersen (Greens)
Assessment
Waterford is a safe Labor seat.
2015 election result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 15,645 | 52.4 | +13.8 | 53.4 |
| Michael Latter | Liberal National | 9,347 | 31.3 | -8.3 | 30.3 |
| Ray Smith | Greens | 2,537 | 8.5 | +1.5 | 8.2 |
| Jeffrey Hodges | Independent | 1,454 | 4.9 | +3.5 | 3.9 |
| Jason Dickson | Independent | 876 | 2.9 | +1.6 | 2.4 |
| Others | 1.8 | ||||
| Informal | 938 | 3.0 |
2015 two-party-preferred result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing | Redist |
| Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 17,820 | 63.3 | +14.4 | 63.1 |
| Michael Latter | Liberal National | 10,319 | 36.7 | -14.4 | 36.9 |
| Exhausted | 1,720 | 5.8 |
Booth breakdown
Booths in Waterford have been divided into three areas: east, north and south-west.
The ALP won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote in all three areas, ranging from 59% in the east to 69% in the south-west.
| Voter group | ALP 2PP % | Total votes | % of votes |
| South-West | 69.0 | 7,515 | 28.0 |
| East | 59.0 | 6,918 | 25.8 |
| North | 66.3 | 3,947 | 14.7 |
| Other votes | 64.0 | 8,421 | 31.4 |
Two-party-preferred votes in Waterford at the 2015 QLD state election
ALP retain
Labor retain.