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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Electoral District Of Maiwar
Maiwar is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland, incorporating the inner western suburbs of Brisbane. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and was first contested at the 2017 Queensland state election. The name of the electorate is stated by the government as being based on an Aboriginal name for the Brisbane River, however it is not the name that the Turrbal people who lived in the Brisbane region had for the river. The Brisbane River forms the southern boundary of the electorate.

It largely replaces areas of the abolished districts of Mount Coot-tha and Indooroopilly, north of the Brisbane River. Maiwar consists of the suburbs of Mount Coot-tha, Bardon, Auchenflower, Toowong, Taringa, Indooroopilly, St Lucia and Fig Tree Pocket.

At its creation, Maiwar was estimated to be a marginal seat for the Liberal National Party with a margin of 3.0%. The seat was however won at the 2017 Queensland state election by Michael Berkman of the Queensland Greens.

Members for Maiwar

Member Party Term
  Michael Berkman Greens 2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Maiwar
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Maiwar.[edit]
2020 Queensland state election: Maiwar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Greens Michael Berkman 14,254 41.32 +13.55
Liberal National Lauren Day 12,832 37.20 −4.70
Labor Palani Thevar 6,413 18.59 −8.94
One Nation Boyd Shannon 476 1.38 +1.38
Independent Michael Johnson 348 1.01 +1.01
United Australia Jacob Rush 170 0.49 +0.49
Total formal votes 34,493 98.63 +1.04
Informal votes 478 1.37 −1.04
Turnout 34,971 90.45 +3.64
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Palani Thevar 54.20
Liberal National Lauren Day 45.80
Two-candidate-preferred result
Greens Michael Berkman 19,427 56.32 +4.70
Liberal National Lauren Day 15,066 43.68 −4.70
Greens hold Swing +4.70

See also