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 Party
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, 2007: Bonner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Rea	40,784	48.80	+6.05
	Liberal	Ross Vasta	35,031	41.91	-2.22
	Greens	David Wyatt	4,094	4.90	-0.03
	Family First	Stephen Gellatly	1,612	1.93	-2.43
	Fishing Party	Shane Boese	1,010	1.21	+1.21
	Democrats	Vicki Stocks	837	1.00	-0.40
	Liberty and Democracy	Lisa Charles	212	0.25	+0.25
Total formal votes			83,580	97.03	+2.67
Informal votes			2,558	2.97	-2.67
Turnout			83,580	95.31	+0.57
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Kerry Rea	45,576	54.53	+5.04
	Liberal	Ross Vasta	38,004	45.47	-5.04
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.04