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# Gaven

In Queensland.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meaghan_Scanlon.jpg?width=96)**Meaghan Scanlon** Labor, Gaven ](https://politics.computer/mp/meaghan-scanlon)

About

## About Gaven

Gaven is an electoral district of the Queensland Legislative Assembly covering the northern growth corridor of the Gold Coast. Labor's Meaghan Scanlon is the sitting member, and the seat is currently the only Labor-held seat on the Gold Coast.

Named after

Gaven Way, a section of the Pacific Motorway

Created from

Former Nerang district and southern Albert segment, 2001 redistribution

First woman to represent

Meaghan Scanlon

Longest serving MP for the seat

Meaghan Scanlon, after the 2024 state election

Previous members

Robert Poole, Alex Douglas, Phil Gray

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdistrict%5Fof%5FGaven), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Gaven whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Gaven yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Gaven are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

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