The district of Mermaid Beach is an electoral district

Queensland Legislative Assembly electoral districts

This is a list of current and former electoral divisions for the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the state legislature for Queensland, Australia.-Districts in Far North Queensland:*Barron River*Cairns*Cook*Mulgrave*Dalrymple...

 of the Legislative Assembly

Queensland Legislative Assembly

The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...

 in the Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n state of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

. The district is based in the southern part of the Gold Coast

Gold Coast, Queensland

Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...

. It is a safe seat for the Liberal National Party.

Geography

A compact urban, coastal electorate, Mermaid Beach includes the Gold Coast suburbs of Mermaid Beach

Mermaid Beach, Queensland

Mermaid Beach is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Mermaid Beach had a population of 5,751.The suburb is bounded to the west by the artificial canals of adjacent Mermaid Waters and to the east by the Pacific Ocean. To the north is the suburb of Broadbeach, to...

, Mermaid Waters

Mermaid Waters, Queensland

Mermaid Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Mermaid Waters had a population of 11,648.The suburb derives it name from the Mermaid, a cutter ship that brought Australian surveyor John Oxley to the region in 1823. Oxley named the area where he landed...

, Broadbeach Waters

Broadbeach Waters, Queensland

Broadbeach Waters is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It's Local Government Area is the Gold Coast City. At the 2006 Census, Broadbeach Waters had a population of 7,380.-External links:*...

, Merrimac

Merrimac, Queensland

Merrimac is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Merrimac had a population of 5,690. The community takes its name from two possible sources: the Merrimac River in New England or the USS Merrimac, a Union navy frigate itself named for the river.Merrimac is...

, Florida Keys, Miami Keys and parts of Robina

Robina, Queensland

Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182.The Robina Town Centre shopping centre and Bond University are located in Robina.- History :...

.

History

Essentially a new name for the former district of Robina

Electoral district of Robina

Robina was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland from 2001 to 2009.The district was located in the southern part of the Gold Coast, and named for the suburb of Robina...

, Mermaid Beach was first created for the 2009 state election

Queensland state election, 2009

The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a...

. Its inaugural member is Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens (politician)

Raymond Alexander Stevens, MP is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal/Liberal National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2006.Born in Townsville, Stevens is married with two children...

, previously the member for Robina.

Members for Mermaid Beach

Member		Party	Term
	Ray Stevens Ray Stevens (politician) Raymond Alexander Stevens, MP is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal/Liberal National Party member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2006.Born in Townsville, Stevens is married with two children...	Liberal National	2009 Queensland state election, 2009 The Queensland state election was held to elect members to the unicameral Parliament of Queensland on 21 March 2009. The election saw the incumbent Labor government led by Premier Anna Bligh defeat the Liberal National Party of Queensland led by Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg, and gain a... –present

Election results

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)