Division of Fadden
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The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, covering most of the northern Gold Coast, including Coomera, Labrador, Ormeau, Pimpama and Runaway Bay. The current MP is Cameron Caldwell of the Liberal Party.
GeographyEdit
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
HistoryEdit
The division was created in 1977 and is named after Sir Arthur Fadden, Prime Minister of Australia in 1941. When it was created it included a large area south of Brisbane, from the far south of the city to the Gold Coast hinterland, and was a marginal seat that changed hands between the Liberal Party and Australian Labor Party. A 1984 redistribution pushed it further into Brisbane, and it remained a marginal Liberal seat for most of the 1980s. A 1996 redistribution pushed it into the Gold Coast, and since then it has been a comfortably safe Liberal seat.
By 2004, it had moved almost clear of its original boundaries to become an exclusively Gold Coast seat.
MembersEdit
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Donald Milner Cameron 1974 (cropped).jpg | Don Cameron Template:Small |
Liberal | 10 December 1977 – 5 March 1983 |
Previously held the Division of Griffith. Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Moreton in 1983 |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Labor Placeholder.png | David Beddall Template:Small |
Labor | 5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984 |
Transferred to the Division of Rankin |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Liberal Placeholder.png | David Jull Template:Small |
Liberal | 1 December 1984 – 17 October 2007 |
Previously held the Division of Bowman. Served as minister under Howard. Retired |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:Stuart Robert 2015.jpg | Stuart RobertTemplate:Efn Template:Small |
24 November 2007 – 18 May 2023 |
Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Resigned to retire from politics | |
| Template:Australian party style| | File:LNP Placeholder.png | Cameron CaldwellTemplate:Efn Template:Small |
15 July 2023 – present |
Incumbent |
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Election resultsEdit
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