Electoral district of Broadwater
# Electoral district of Broadwater

Broadwater is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created at the 1991 redistribution.

The electorate is based on the northern end of the Gold Coast. It includes South Stradbroke Island as well as Labrador, Paradise Point, Runaway Bay and Sanctuary Cove and Coombabah.

Since 2017 the local member has been David Crisafulli, who is the leader of the Liberal National Party and the state's Opposition Leader.

## Members for Broadwater

| Member | Party | Term |
| - | - | - |
| Allan Grice | National | 1992–2001 |
| Peta-Kaye Croft | Labor | 2001–2012 |
| Verity Barton | Liberal National | 2012–2017 |
| David Crisafulli | Liberal National | 2017–present |

## Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Broadwater :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal National | David Crisafulli | 18,059 | 59.59 | +11.11 |
| | Labor | Maureen Simpson | 8,041 | 26.53 | +3.27 |
| | One Nation | Jesse Schneider | 1,796 | 5.93 | −15.48 |
| | Greens | April Broadbent | 1,583 | 5.22 | −1.63 |
| | United Australia | Mara Krischker | 441 | 1.46 | +1.46 |
| | Informed Medical Options | Natalie O'Donnell | 386 | 1.27 | +1.27 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 30,306 | 96.79 | +0.59 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,004 | 3.21 | −0.59 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,310 | 89.15 | +2.78 |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal National | David Crisafulli | 20,174 | 66.57 | −1.41 |
| | Labor | Maureen Simpson | 10,132 | 33.43 | +1.41 |
| | Liberal National hold | Liberal National hold | Swing | −1.41 | |

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