Electoral district of Tweed

Tweed
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Tweed; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904; 1999–present
MP	Geoff Provest
Party	National Party
Electors	56,940 (2019)
Area	511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi)

Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Provest of The Nationals. It is located in the Tweed valley and eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar.^[1]

History[]

Tweed was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. The region was part of Richmond from 1904 to 1913, Byron from 1913 until 1988 when the district was renamed Murwillumbah. In 1999 the district was renamed Tweed.^[2]

Members for Tweed[]

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Willard ^[3]	Labor	1894–1894
	Joseph Kelly ^[4]	Protectionist	1894–1898
	Richard Meagher ^[5]	Independent	1898–1904
Second incarnation (1999—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Neville Newell ^[6]	Labor	1999–2007
	Geoff Provest ^[7]	National	2007–present

Election results[]

2019 New South Wales state election: Tweed ^[8]^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	22,185	47.55	+0.48
	Labor	Craig Elliot	14,449	30.97	−4.94
	Greens	Bill Fenelon	6,461	13.85	+0.58
	Animal Justice	Susie Hearder	1,790	3.84	+3.84
	Sustainable Australia	Ronald McDonald	1,776	3.81	+3.81
Total formal votes			46,661	96.01	−0.56
Informal votes			1,937	3.99	+0.56
Turnout			48,598	85.35	−0.20
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	23,243	54.97	+1.78
	Labor	Craig Elliot	19,040	45.03	−1.78
	National hold		Swing	+1.78

References[]

^ "Tweed". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Mr John Willard (1857- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
^ "Mr Joseph Bede Kelly (1855-1931)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
^ "Mr Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
^ "Mr Neville Joseph Newell (1952- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
^ "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith Provest MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ "Tweed: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Tweed: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[NSW_EC_Tweed-1] "Tweed". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[ABC_Tweed-2] "Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[John_Willard_NSW_parl-3] "Mr John Willard (1857- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

[Joseph_Kelly_NSW_parl-4] "Mr Joseph Bede Kelly (1855-1931)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

[Richard_Meagher_NSW_parl-5] "Mr Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[Neville_Newell_NSW_parl-6] "Mr Neville Joseph Newell (1952- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

[Geoff_Provest_NSW_parl-7] "Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith Provest MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.

[8] "Tweed: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[9] "Tweed: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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