Electoral district of Tweed

Tweed New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
File:Nsw electoral district tweed 2015.svg Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904 1999–present
MP	Geoff Provest
Party	National Party of Australia
Area	511.33 km2 (197.4 sq mi)

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 The Nationals. It includes eastern Tweed Shire, including Tweed Heads, Kingscliff, Fingal Head, Chinderah, Cudgen, Bogangar, Pottsville and Burringbar.

Members for Tweed

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Willard	Labor	1894–1894
	Joseph Kelly	Protectionist	1894–1898
	Richard Meagher	Independent	1898–1904
Second incarnation (1999—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Neville Newell	Labor	1999–2007
	Geoff Provest	The Nationals	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Tweed

New South Wales state election, 2015: Tweed

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Geoff Provest	20,800	47.1	−15.0
	Labor	Ron Goodman	15,867	35.9	+14.5
	Greens	Andrea Vickers	5,864	13.3	−0.8
	No Land Tax	Kerrie Collins	1,042	2.4	+2.4
	Christian Democrats	Michael Sichel	618	1.4	−1.1
Total formal votes			44,191	96.6	+0.4
Informal votes			1,569	3.4	−0.4
Turnout			45,760	85.5	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Geoff Provest	21,508	53.2	−18.5
	Labor	Ron Goodman	18,931	46.8	+18.5
	National hold		Swing	−18.5