Electoral district of Southport
state electoral district of Queensland, Australia
Southport is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1950, abolished in 1960 and recreated in 1977.
| Southport Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Electoral map of Southport 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1950–1960 1977–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Rob Molhoek | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Southport | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 34,899 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 33 km2 (12.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°57′S 153°23′E / 27.950°S 153.383°E | ||||||||||||||
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Southport is on the Gold Coast.
Election results change
| 2020 Queensland state election: Southport[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 12,734 | 45.58 | −1.50 | |
| Labor | Susie Gallagher | 9,650 | 34.54 | +4.87 | |
| Greens | Alan Quinn | 2,532 | 9.06 | −1.51 | |
| One Nation | Raphael Felix | 1,631 | 5.84 | +5.84 | |
| Independent | Brett Lambert | 669 | 2.39 | +2.39 | |
| United Australia | Maria Avdjieva | 456 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
| Civil Liberties & Motorists | Jack Drake | 267 | 0.96 | −1.94 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,939 | 95.66 | +0.86 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,269 | 4.34 | −0.86 | ||
| Turnout | 29,208 | 83.69 | +1.33 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | Rob Molhoek | 15,482 | 55.41 | −1.83 | |
| Labor | Susie Gallagher | 12,457 | 44.59 | +1.83 | |
| Liberal National hold | Swing | −1.83 | |||