Kawana is an

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of

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. Based on the Sunshine Coast, the district has been held by both sides of politics over its short history.

Geography

A coastal urban electorate lying to the east of the

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, Kawana includes the suburbs of

Kawana Waters Kawana Waters is an urban centre on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, between Caloundra and Maroochydore along the Coral Sea coast. It was originally the estate development name and has passed into common usage, but it is not officia ...

Sippy Downs Sippy Downs is a suburb of Buderim in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Sippy Downs had a population of 10,298 people. Geography Sippy Downs is part of the Buderim urban centre. It contains the locality of Chancellor ...

, Minyama, Buddina, Parrearra, Warana, Bokarina and Birtinya. It also includes Aroona, Little Mountain, Wurtulla and parts of

Currimundi Currimundi is a coastal suburb of Caloundra in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Currimundi had a population of 6,786 people. The area is noted for its diverse environment and is one of Queensland's top five ecotourism ...

and Caloundra West, all of which were added to the district at the redistribution ahead of the 2009 state election. Originally the district stretched further north and west to include the suburbs of

Buderim Buderim ( ) is an urban centre on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. It sits on a mountain which overlooks the southern Sunshine Coast communities. In the , the urban area of Buderim had a population of 54,483. The name "Buderim" i ...

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and Tanawha. However, these parts were redistributed into the new district of

by the aforementioned redistribution.

History

First created for the 2001 state election, Kawana essentially replaced the abolished district of

Mooloolah Mooloolah Valley is a rural locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Mooloolah Valley had a population of 3,321 people. Mooloolah is a town () within the locality. Geography Mooloolah Valley is in the Sunshine ...

. The sitting member for Mooloolah, Bruce Laming of the

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, contested the seat, but was defeated by Chris Cummins of the Labor Party, who subsequently retained the seat at the 2004 state election. Cummins became a minister in the government of

Peter Beattie Peter Douglas Beattie (born 18 November 1952) is an Australian former politician who served as the 36th Premier of Queensland, in office from 1998 to 2007. He was the state leader of the Labor Party from 1996 to 2007. Beattie was born in Sy ...

before losing his seat to

candidate

Steve Dickson Steven Lance Dickson (born 24 June 1962) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly beginning in 2006, representing the electorates of Kawana (2006–2009) and Buderim (2009–2017). First elected for ...

at the 2006 state election. Dickson transferred to the new seat of

at the 2009 state election and was succeeded by Liberal National candidate

Jarrod Bleijie Jarrod Pieter Bleijie (; born 25 January 1982) is an Australian politician in the Queensland parliament. Bleijie was elected as the member for Kawana at the 2009 state election, and is the third member since the seat's inception at the 2001 ...

Members for Kawana

Election results

References

External links

Map of the electoral district of Kawana, 2017

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, ABC) {{Electoral districts of Queensland Kawana Kawana Waters, Queensland Sunshine Coast, Queensland