Division of Coastalis

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Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1963 	 	
MP 	Kai Geller 	 	
Party 	Conservative 	 	
Namesake 	Filippos Kostalos (romanisation) 	 	
Electors 	100,264 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Rural 	 	
The Division of Coastalis (/koʊ'stɑːlɪs/ koh-stah-lis, locally /kə'stælɪs/ kə-sta-lis) is a Craftian federal division in the state of Jebsten. It was created in 1963 and first contested in the general election later that year. The division was named in honour of early European explorer Filippos Kostalos (1651–1702) whose surname was romanised as "Coastalis" by British settlers in the region. Coastalis is an early and now archaic name for the region the division roughly covers. It is one of the few remaining divisions to have been contested before independence and the first federal election in 1986. It has always been based around the south coast of Jebsten.
The sitting member, since the 2049 federal election, is Kai Geller, a member of the Craftian Conservative Party.
==History==
Coastalis is located in rural Conservative heartland and has always been a very safe seat for right-of-centre parties. Prime Minister and longtime leader of the Protection of Craftia Party Edwin Stevenson held the seat for 28 years between its establishment in 1963 and his death in 1991. The division has only had six members in its 110-year history. Only at 11 elections out of the 37 in which Coastalis has been contested, the primary vote for the Protection/Conservative candidate dropped below 60%, and at most elections the two-party-preferred percentage reaches more than 70%, making it a very safe seat for the Conservatives. It has only been lost at three elections, all of which recorded landslide swings against the Conservative Party. The Craftian Reform Party won the seat as part of its landslide victory in 2013. The National United Party narrowly held it for two terms during the highly popular Leonard–McKay Governments before it reverted to its former status which it maintains to this day.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1 	width="3%"	Edwin Stevenson	Protection 	1963–1991
2 	 	Martin Slaby 	Conservative	1991–2013
3 	 	Ben Hendrix 	Reform 	2013–2016
4 	 	Gerry Haas 	Conservative	2016–2019
5 	 	Josephine May 	United 	2019–2025
(4)	 	Gerry Haas 	Conservative	2025–2049
6 	 	Kai Geller 	Conservative	2049–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Coastalis	Craftian federal election, 2070: Coastalis	Craftian federal election, 2070: Coastalis	Craftian federal election, 2070: Coastalis	Craftian federal election, 2070: Coastalis	Craftian federal election, 2070: Coastalis
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Conservative 	Kai Geller 	56,758 	66.11 	–1.38
 	United 	James McCain 	14,964 	17.43 	+2.42
 	Liberal 	Mei Linfan 	5,812 	6.77 	–1.40
 	RUC–LA 	Pete Anderson 	4,336 	5.05 	+5.05
 	Reform 	Tim Noah 	3,984 	4.64 	–1.99
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	85,854 	98.08 	+2.15
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	1,684 	1.92 	–2.15
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	87,538 	87.31 	–3.24
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	Conservative 	Kai Geller 	63,060 	73.45 	–0.12
 	United 	James McCain 	22,794 	26.55 	+0.12
 	Conservative hold 	Conservative hold 	Swing 	–0.12