Nominations for the NSW state elections have now closed and the ballot order has been confirmed. Six candidates have been nominated to contest the seat of Tweed.
The seat is currently held by Geoff Provest for the Nationals by a margin of five per cent. He has held the seat since 2007.
The Tweed electorate runs from the Queensland border in the north to Wooyoung and Burringbar in the south. It incorporates Tumbulgum and Fernvale, splits Stokers Siding in half and excludes Murwillumbah. The state seat of Tweed which covers 512.336 square kilometres is smaller are than the Tweed Shire area of 1,308 square kilometres.
Labor candidate Craig Elliot husband of sitting Federal member for Richmond Justine Elliot, is the key contender for the seat. In the 2019 state election on a two-party preferred basis, Labor received 45 per cent of the vote and Nationals won with 55 per cent of the vote.
The Greens candidate usually run third and with new entrant to the field Ciara Denham entering the race for The Greens it will be interesting to see if they improve on their 13.8 per cent primary vote from 2019.
Ronald McDonald has taken out the first position on the ballot draw running for the Sustainable Australia Party – Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption while Sean Marc of the Legalise Cannabis Party has taken second ballot position. Susie Hearder is running for the Animal Justice Party.
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