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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of McPherson, Queensland
Gold Coast: Burleigh Waters, Coolangatta, Currumbin, Palm Beach, Robina
State seats: All of
Burleigh and
Currumbin, parts of
Mermaid Waters,
Mudgeeraba and
Surfers Paradise
Local government areas: Parts of Gold Coast
Enrolment at close of rolls: 109,233
1999 republic referendum: No 59.3
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 65.5
Sitting member: Hon Karen Andrews (Liberal):
Elected 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 8.8%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.3%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.0%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.6%
2019 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 11.6%
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Aaron Santelises
Australian Labor Party |
2. Scott Crowe
Liberal Democrats |
3. Michael Kaff
Independent |
4. Alan Quinn
Australian Greens |
5. Hon Karen Andrews
Liberal Party |
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6. Sean Gaffy
Fraser Anning's Conservative
National Party |
7. Renee Stewart
Animal Justice Party |
8. Fiona Mackenzie
United Australia Party |
9. John Spellman
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
Candidate websites:
Hon Karen Andrews
Alan Quinn
Aaron Santelises
Division of McPherson
McPherson was created in 1949, as a rural seat running from Southport to Warwick. Its first member was
the Country Party leader Sir Arthur Fadden, who had been member for Darling Downs since 1936. The Gold
Coast, at the eastern end of the seat, began to grow explosively in the 1960s, and the seat has been
cut back by successive redistributions until it now occupies only the southern third of the Coast, based
on Coolangatta and Currumbin.
Despite its superficial glamour, the Gold Coast is not a wealthy area, with its large number of
retirees and a growing population of low-income service workers in new suburban developments. McPherson
has a below-average median family income level and of people in professional and managerial occupations.
Nevertheless McPherson has always been a safe non-Labor seat, first for the Country Party and since
1972 for the Liberals. For 29 years McPherson was represented by three inconspicuous backbenchers,
Peter White, John Bradford and Margaret May, the last of whom retired in 2010.
Karen Andrews, Liberal MP for McPherson since 2010, was an engineer and industrial relations and
human resources consultant before her election. She became a parliamentary secretary in 2014 and was
Assistant Minister for Vocational Education and Skills in the Turnbull ministry. In August 2018 she was
promoted to Cabinet as Minister for Industry, Science and Technology in Scott Morrison's ministry.
The Labor candidate is Aaron Santelises, an industrial relations lawyer. The Greens candidate is
Alan Quinn, whose occupation is not stated.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,395 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 17.7% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 68.4% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 12.7% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 22.1% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 31.7% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 18.4% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 32.5% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 26.4% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 34.4% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 32.8% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 30.8% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Rt Hon Sir Arthur Fadden (CP) 1949-58
Hon Charles Barnes (CP) 1958-72
Hon Eric Robinson (Lib) 1972-81
Peter White (Lib) 1981b-90
John Bradford (Lib) 1990-98
Margaret May (Lib) 1998-2010
Hon Karen Andrews (Lib) 2010-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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