Electoral district of Tweed

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian Electorate 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

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	John Willard REDIRECT Template:Hair space	Template:Australian politics/name	1894–1894
Template:Australian party style|	Joseph Kelly REDIRECT Template:Hair space	Template:Australian politics/name	1894–1898
Template:Australian party style|	Richard Meagher REDIRECT Template:Hair space	Template:Australian politics/name	1898–1904
Second incarnation (1999—present)
Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Neville Newell REDIRECT Template:Hair space	Template:Australian politics/name	1999–2007
Template:Australian party style|	Geoff Provest REDIRECT Template:Hair space	Template:Australian politics/name	2007–present