Division of Bonner

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Bonner Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Bonner (green) within Queensland
Created:	2004
MP:	Ross Vasta
Party:	Liberal National
Namesake:	Neville Bonner
Area:	360 km² (139 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Aborigine to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate as a Queensland Liberal Senator. Apart from Bonner there are only three other divisions which bear the names of Aboriginal people, Bennelong in New South Wales, Blair in Queensland and Lingiari in the Northern Territory.

The Division of Bonner is located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum. The seat had a notional Labor majority when it was created, but was won by the Liberal Party in 2004 by a slight margin. Kerry Rea regained the seat for Labor in 2007. Then Ross Vasta re-took the seat for Liberals in the 2010 elections.

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Australian federal election, 2010: Bonner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ross Vasta	38,105	46.38	+4.47
	Labor	Kerry Rea	29,639	36.07	-12.73
	Greens	Darryl Rosin	9,188	11.18	+6.28
	Family First	Carolyn Ferrando	2,318	2.82	+0.89
	Independent	Greg Sowden	1,984	2.41	+2.41
	Democratic Labor	Utz Wellner	931	1.13	+1.13
Total formal votes			82,165	94.89	-2.14
Informal votes			4,429	5.11	+2.14
Turnout			86,594	93.43	-1.90
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal National	Ross Vasta	43,400	52.82	+7.35
	Labor	Kerry Rea	38,765	47.18	-7.35
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+7.35