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Electoral district of Tweed

State electoral district of New South Wales, Australia

Field	Value
name	Tweed
state	nsw
image
caption	Interactive map of district boundaries from the 2023 state election
lifespan	1894–1904
1999–present
mp	Geoff Provest
mp-party	National Party
namesake	Tweed River
electors	57646
electors_year	2023
area	511.33
class	Provincial and rural
near-n	*Currumbin
(QLD)*
near-ne	Pacific Ocean
near-e	Pacific Ocean
near-se	Pacific Ocean
near-s	Ballina
near-sw	Lismore
near-w	Lismore
near-nw	*Mudgeeraba
(QLD)*

1999–present |mp-party = National Party |near-n = Currumbin (QLD) |near-ne = Pacific Ocean |near-e = Pacific Ocean |near-se = Pacific Ocean |near-s = Ballina |near-sw = Lismore |near-w = Lismore |near-nw = Mudgeeraba (QLD) Tweed is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Geoff Provest of The Nationals. It is located in the Tweed Valley and eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar.

History

Tweed was first created with the end of multi-member districts in 1894. In 1904, it was abolished with the reduction in the size of the Legislative Assembly, after Federation. The region was part of Richmond from 1904 to 1913, Byron from 1913 until 1988 when the district was renamed Murwillumbah. In 1999 the district was renamed Tweed.

Members for Tweed

Party	Term	Second incarnation (1999—present)	Member	Party	Term
John Willard		1894–1894
Joseph Kelly		1894–1898
name=Mr Richard Denis Meagher (1866-1931)	id=1164	former=Yes	access-date=30 April 2019}}		1898–1904
name=Mr Neville Joseph Newell (1952- )	id=2077	former=Yes	access-date=24 November 2019}}		1999–2007
name=Mr (Geoff) Geoffrey Keith Provest MP	id=36	access-date=2 April 2019}}		2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tweed

References

"Tweed". [[New South Wales Electoral Commission]].
"Tweed- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". [[ABC News (Australia).
"Mr John Willard (1857- )".
"Mr Joseph Bede Kelly (1855-1931)".
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