Electoral district of Gaven
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Gaven Queensland—Legislative Assembly |
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Gaven (2008—)
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| State | Queensland |
| Dates current | 2001–present |
| MP | Sid Cramp |
| Party | Liberal National Party |
| Namesake | Gaven Way (a section of the Pacific Motorway) |
| Electors | 35,345 (2015) |
| Area | 141 km2 (54.4 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | 27°58′S 153°17′E / 27.967°S 153.283°ECoordinates: 27°58′S 153°17′E / 27.967°S 153.283°E |
Gaven is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created out of the former district of Nerang and the southern segment of Albert in the 2001 redistribution, and encompasses the northern growth corridor of the Gold Coast. The current Member of Parliament is Sid Cramp.
Gaven was created as a notionally conservative seat, part of the old South Coast seat held for 14 years by Russ Hinze (commonly known as Sir Joh's "Minister for Everything"), and was contested for the conservative National Party of Australia by the incumbent member for Albert, Bill Baumann, at the 2001 election. However, amidst a statewide landslide victory for the Australian Labor Party, the seat fell to union organiser Robert Poole with a 14.6% swing. The National Party agreed to let their coalition partner, the more urban Liberal Party of Australia contest the seat at the 2004 election, and though they nominated former Gold Coast mayor Ray Stevens, Poole was returned with only a slight swing against him.
Poole became the subject of increasing controversy during his second term, as he spent most of his term out of the state, living with his family in Thailand. This reached its peak in 2006, when Poole revealed that he intended to spend the first half the year in Thailand while he recovered from surgery. A furious Premier Peter Beattie demanded that Poole return or face having his seat formally declared vacant, and Poole reluctantly stepped down in late February.
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