Maiwar is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, incorporating the inner western suburbs of Brisbane. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was first contested at the 2017 Queensland state election. The name of the electorate is stated by the government as being based on an Aboriginal name for the Brisbane River, however it is not the name that the Turrbal people who lived in the Brisbane region had for the river.[1][2] The Brisbane River forms the southern boundary of the electorate.[3]
| Maiwar Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Maiwar, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Michael Berkman | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Greens | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Indigenous name of the Brisbane River | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 38,663 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 38 km2 (14.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°29′39″S 152°58′32″E / 27.4942°S 152.9756°E | ||||||||||||||
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It largely replaces areas of the abolished districts of Mount Coot-tha and Indooroopilly, north of the Brisbane River. Maiwar consists of the suburbs of Mount Coot-tha, Bardon, Auchenflower, Toowong, Taringa, Indooroopilly, St Lucia and Fig Tree Pocket.[3]
At its creation, Maiwar was estimated to be a marginal seat for the Liberal National Party with a margin of 3.0%.[4] The seat was won by Michael Berkman of the Queensland Greens in the 2017 Queensland state election.[5]
Members for Maiwar
edit| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Berkman | Greens | 2017–present | |
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal National | Natasha Winters | 13,676 | 37.7 | +0.5 | |
| Greens | Michael Berkman | 12,319 | 34.0 | −7.4 | |
| Labor | Susan Irvine | 9,160 | 25.2 | +6.7 | |
| One Nation | Grant Spork | 1,119 | 3.1 | +1.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,274 | 98.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 658 | 1.8 | |||
| Turnout | 36,932 | ||||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Greens | Michael Berkman | 19,382 | 53.4 | −2.9 | |
| Liberal National | Natasha Winters | 16,892 | 46.6 | +2.9 | |
| Greens hold | Swing | -2.9 | |||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NATIVE NAME OF THE BRISBANE RIVER". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LVIII, no. 13, 595. Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1901. p. 9. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NATIVE NAME OF THE BRISBANE RIVER". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LVIII, no. 13, 602. Queensland, Australia. 16 August 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 1 December 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 187. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Elections - 2017 State General Election - Maiwar - District Summary". results.ecq.qld.gov.au.
- ^ "Maiwar - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.