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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Fadden, Queensland
Named for: Rt Hon Sir Arthur Fadden (1894-1973), federal MP 1936-58,
Prime Minister 1941, Leader of the Opposition 1941-43
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
Borders with:
Bowman,
Forde,
Moncrieff and
Wright
Enrolment at 2019 election: 114,043
Enrolment at 2022 election: 127,812 (+12.1)
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, 2019
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 Liberal majority over Labor: 14.2%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Alberton (77.7), Hope Island (77.0), Hope Island Central (75.4),
Runaway Bay PPVC (73.8), Runaway Bay (70.2)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Pimpana East (49.3), Pimpana (48.0), Studio Village (48.0),
Southport North (47.8), Pacific Pines North (45.9)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates:
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1. Stewart Brooker
Independent |
2. Letitia Del Fabbro
Australian Labor Party |
3. Nathan O'Brien
United Australia Party |
4. Sandy Roach
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
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5. Hon Stuart Robert
Liberal Party |
6. Sally Spain
Australian Greens |
7. Alex Forbes
Liberal Democrats |
Candidate websites:
Stewart Brooker
Letitia Del Fabbro
Alex Forbes
Nathan O'Brien
Sandy Roach
Hon Stuart Robert
Sally Spain
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. He is now
Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business. The Labor candidate is Letitia Del Fabbro, a nurse and
nurse educator. The Greens candidate is Sally Spain, a veteran Greens candidate, whose occupation is not stated.
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%)
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