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Electoral district of Nicklin

Electoral district of Nicklin

State electoral district of Queensland, Australia

Nicklin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and stretches north to Black Mountain, south to Palmwoods and Montville, and west to Kenilworth, including Conondale National Park. It includes notable localities such as Nambour, Yandina, Cooroy, Bli Bli, Mapleton and Woombye.[1]

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Electoral map of Nicklin 2008

The seat is currently held by Robert Skelton of the Labor Party, who won the seat by just 0.1%, making it the second closest result of the 2020 Queensland election. Nicklin was previously held by long serving Independent member, Peter Wellington. Wellington's first vote in Parliament was to decide who would form government, the election having left the Labor Party one seat short of a majority. Wellington backed the formation of a minority Beattie Labor government.[2]

Members for Nicklin

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1 Election declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Nicklin
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Nicklin.[edit]
Primary vote results in Nicklin (Parties that have never gotten 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Liberal National
  Liberal
  National
  Labor
  One Nation
  Greens
  Katter's Australian
  Australian Democrats
  Independent
Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Nicklin

References

  1. [1]
    "2017 Queensland state electoral district of Nicklin" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
  3. [3]
    2020 State General Election – Nicklin – District Summary, ECQ.
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