Electoral district of Tweed
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. It is represented by Geoff Provest
Geoff Provest
Geoffrey Keith Provest is an Australian politician and National Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Provest has represented the Tweed since 24 March 2007....
of the National Party of Australia. It includes eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads
Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Tweed Heads is a town located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. Tweed Heads is located next to the border with Queensland, adjacent to the "Twin Town" of Coolangatta, a suburb of the Gold Coast...
, Kingscliff
Kingscliff, New South Wales
Kingscliff is a coastal town just south of Tweed Heads in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, and is part of Tweed Shire. At the 2006 census, Kingscliff had a population of 6,016 people....
, Fingal Head
Fingal Head, New South Wales
Fingal Head was first sighted by James Cook about 17:15 EST 15–16 May 1770 . The area and small town is often just called Fingal. It is located on the Far North Coast of New South Wales in Tweed Shire, about 5 km south of the New South Wales and Queensland border, and south of the Gold Coast...
, Chinderah
Chinderah, New South Wales
Chinderah is a suburb in the Tweed Shire. It is located south of Tweed Heads and next to the seaside township of Kingscliff. An industrial estate, golf course and small shopping precinct are located within the area....
, Cudgen, Bogangar
Bogangar, New South Wales
Bogangar is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. In 2006, the town had a population of 3,050 people, including 2,555 Australian-born persons and 100 indigenous persons.- References :...
, Pottsville
Pottsville, New South Wales
Pottsville is a town in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. At the 2006 census, Pottsville had a population of 3,298.Bill Potts owned the first house in Pottsville around 1930 and the location was initially named Potts Point...
and Burringbar.
Members for Tweed
| First incarnation (1894—1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Willard | Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1894–1894 | |
| Joseph Kelly | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1894–1898 | |
| Richard Meagher Richard Meagher Richard Denis Meagher MLA was an Australian solicitor and was Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1916 to 1917.-Early life:... |
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
1898–1904 | |
| Second incarnation (1999—present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Neville Newell Neville Newell Neville Joseph Newell is an Australian politician. He served as a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 until 1996 and as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2007.... |
Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
1999 New South Wales state election, 1999 Elections to the 52nd Parliament of New South Wales were held on Saturday, 27 March 1999. All seats in the Legislative Assembly and half the seats in the Legislative Council were up for election... –2007 |
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| Geoff Provest Geoff Provest Geoffrey Keith Provest is an Australian politician and National Party of Australia member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Provest has represented the Tweed since 24 March 2007.... |
National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is... |
2007–present | |