Electoral district of Caloundra

Caloundra
Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Caloundra; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Electoral map of Caloundra 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Jason Hunt
Party	Labor
Namesake	Caloundra
Electors	38,503 (2020)
Area	227 km2 (87.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	26°51′S 153°2′E / 26.850°S 153.033°E
	Electorates around Caloundra:

Caloundra is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral district on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the city of Caloundra and stretches north to Wurtulla, south to Pelican Waters and west to the Bruce Highway.^[1]

The seat was held by Mark McArdle, the first deputy leader of the Liberal National Party from 2008 to 2009, and prior to that state Liberal leader from November 2007 to July 2008. McArdle succeeded former Liberal leader Joan Sheldon upon her retirement in 2004. On 27 June 2019, McArdle announced he would retire from politics at the 2020 state election.^[2] The seat was won by Labor's Jason Hunt at the 2020 election.

Members for Caloundra edit

	Party	Term
Joan Sheldon	Liberal	1992–2004
Mark McArdle	Liberal	2004–2008
Mark McArdle	Liberal National	2008–2020
Jason Hunt	Labor	2020–present

Election results edit

2020 Queensland state election: Caloundra^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jason Hunt	13,406	41.31	+12.62
	Liberal National	Stuart Coward	12,234	37.70	−0.35
	Greens	Raelene Ellis	3,281	10.11	−0.54
	One Nation	Luke Poland	2,007	6.19	−16.42
	Informed Medical Options	Belinda Hart	783	2.41	+2.41
	United Australia	Trevor Gray	255	0.79	+0.79
	Independent	Mike Jessop	245	0.76	+0.76
	Independent	Mathew Hill	238	0.73	+0.73
Total formal votes			32,449	95.59	−0.34
Informal votes			1,497	4.41	+0.34
Turnout			33,946	88.16	−0.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jason Hunt	17,040	52.51	+5.92
	Liberal National	Stuart Coward	15,409	47.49	−5.92
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+5.92

Primary vote results in Caloundra (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)

Liberal/Liberal National

National

Labor

Greens

One Nation

Palmer United/United Australia Party

Australian Democrats

Independent

Two-party-preferred vote vote results in Caloundra

References edit

^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ Lynch, Lydia (27 June 2019). "Sunshine Coast MP to stand down at next election for 'younger blood'". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
^ 2020 State General Election – Caloundra – District Summary, ECQ.

External links edit

Electorate profile (Antony Green, ABC)

[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] Lynch, Lydia (27 June 2019). "Sunshine Coast MP to stand down at next election for 'younger blood'". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

[3] 2020 State General Election – Caloundra – District Summary, ECQ.

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