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]
| Maiwar Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 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 km2 (14.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′39″S 152°58′32″E / 27.4942°S 152.9756°E | ||||||||||||||
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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] However, the seat was won by Michael Berkman of the Queensland Greens in the 2017 Queensland state election.[4]
Members for Maiwar
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Berkman | Greens | 2017–present | |
Election results
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Brisbane Courier 19/08/1901
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Elections - 2017 State General Election - Maiwar - District Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Maiwar – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ "Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result". 18 November 2020.
Notes
edit- ^ Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green.[6]