Division of Fadden

Fadden Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Fadden in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	1977
MP	Stuart Robert
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Sir Arthur Fadden
Electors	114,043 (2019)
Area	387 km2 (149.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Fadden is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland.

History[]

Sir Arthur Fadden, the division's namesake

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. It now includes most of the northern Gold Coast, including Coomera, Labrador, Ormeau, Pimpama and Runaway Bay.

Members[]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Don Cameron (1940–)	Liberal	10 December 1977 – 5 March 1983	Previously held the Division of Griffith. Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Moreton in 1983
		David Beddall (1948-)	Labor	5 March 1983 – 1 December 1984	Transferred to the Division of Rankin
		David Jull (1944–2011)	Liberal	1 December 1984 – 17 October 2007	Previously held the Division of Bowman. Served as minister under Howard. Retired
		Stuart Robert (1970–)	Liberal	24 November 2007 – 19 July 2010	Incumbent. Served as minister under Turnbull. Currently a minister in the Morrison Government
			Liberal Nationals	19 July 2010 – present

Election results[]

References[]

External links[]

• Division of Fadden (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission