| Waterford Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Waterford 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Shannon Fentiman | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Waterford | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,157 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 56 km2 (21.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer-metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°41′S153°9′E / 27.683°S 153.150°E /-27.683; 153.150 | ||||||||||||||
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Waterford is anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofQueensland.[1]
The district is based in the central urban suburbs ofLogan City. It is named for the suburb ofWaterford and also includes the suburbs ofBethania,Edens Landing,Kingston,Holmview,Loganholme,Loganlea,Meadowbrook,Slacks Creek,Tanah Merah andWaterford West. The electorate was first created for the1992 election.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Barton | Labor | 1992–2006 | |
| Evan Moorhead | Labor | 2006–2012 | |
| Mike Latter | Liberal National | 2012–2015 | |
| Shannon Fentiman | Labor | 2015–present | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Shannon Fentiman | 14,621 | 47.13 | −7.37 | |
| Liberal National | Jacob Heremaia | 8,733 | 28.15 | +2.75 | |
| Greens | Kirsty Petersen | 2,784 | 8.97 | +1.97 | |
| One Nation | Callum Whatmore | 2,099 | 6.77 | −2.33 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Julius Taylor | 1,509 | 4.86 | +4.86 | |
| Family First | Karen Cloherty | 1,277 | 4.12 | +4.12 | |
| Total formal votes | 31,023 | 94.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,743 | 5.3 | |||
| Turnout | 32,766 | 82.87 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Shannon Fentiman | 19,002 | 61.25 | −4.85 | |
| Liberal National | Jacob Heremaia | 12,021 | 38.75 | +4.85 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | -4.85 | |||