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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Fadden, Queensland
Gold Coast: Arundel, Helensvale, Labrador, Pacific Pines, Runaway Bay
State seats: All of
Bonney and
Broadwater, parts of
Coomera,
Gaven and
Theodore
Local government areas: Parts of Gold Coast
Enrolment at close of rolls: 114,043
1999 republic referendum: No 63.0
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 61.8
Sitting member: Hon Stuart Robert (Liberal):
Elected 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.2%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.2%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.4%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.3%
2019 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 11.2%
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Jake Welch
Liberal Democrats |
2. Luz Stanton
Australian Labor Party |
3. Darren Eather
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
4. Allan Barber
Fraser Anning's Conservative
National Party |
5. Scott Turner
Australian Greens |
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6. Hon Stuart Robert
Liberal Party |
7. Mara Krischker
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Mara Krischker
Hon Stuart Robert
Luz Stanton
Scott Turner
Division of Fadden
Fadden was created in 1977, and was originally based in Brisbane's southern suburbs and the rural areas
between Brisbane and the NSW border. Successive redistributions have moved it first into the south-eastern
bayside suburbs of Brisbane and more recently down the coast, so that it now occupies the suburbanising
corridor between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, and includes northern parts of the Gold Coast tourism and
retirement strip. Unlike most fringe-suburban seats, it is not a true mortgage belt seat, as shown by the
average levels of families with dependent children and of dwellings being purchased.
The seat has a low level of people in professional and managerial occupations but an above-average number
of people working in manufacturing and construction.
David Beddall won Fadden for Labor in 1983, but in 1984 he shifted to the new seat of Rankin, and David
Jull regained Fadden for the Liberals, when the seat was moved eastwards and became reasonably secure for
the Liberals. Jull (who was member for Bowman 1975-83) was briefly a minister in the first Howard
government, but otherwise enjoyed a long career on the backbench until his retirement in 2007.
Stuart Robert, Liberal MP for Fadden since 2007, was an Australian Army officer for eleven years, and
later ran a recruitment company before entering politics. He was on the opposition front bench from
2009, and was a minister in the Abbott-Turnbull Government, until he resigned in February 2016,
following a controversy over his attendance at a business meeting in China in 2014. In August 2018
Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought him back into the ministry as Assistant Treasurer.
The Labor candidate in 2019 will be Luz Stanton, a teacher. The Greens candidate is Scott Turner, a biologist.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,419 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 16.2% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 62.3% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 14.% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 19.9% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 31.2% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 15.2% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 29.1% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 28.9% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 33.4% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 37.8% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 32.4% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Donald Cameron (Lib) 1977-83
David Beddall (ALP) 1983-84
Hon David Jull (Lib) 1984-2007
Hon Stuart Robert (Lib) 2007-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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