Electoral district of Hinchinbrook
| Hinchinbrook Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Hinchinbrook, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Nick Dametto | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Katter's Australian Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Hinchinbrook Island | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 35,050 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,497 km2 (2,508.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 18°25′S 146°9′E / 18.417°S 146.150°E | ||||||||||||||
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Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]
Originally primarily a rural electorate, the district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from just south of Tully to the northern fringes of Townsville. Prior to the 2017 redistribution Hinchinbrook had spanned just south of Innisfail and included the towns of Mission Beach and Tully. Hinchinbrook now includes the towns of Cardwell, Ingham, Lucinda and includes the Northern Beaches suburbs of Townsville such as Bushland Beach. The electorate was first contested in 1950 and has been held by the Country Party and its successor parties continuously for over half a century.
Members for Hinchinbrook
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Jesson | Labor | 1950–1960 | |
| John Row | Country | 1960–1972 | |
| Ted Row | Country | 1972–1974 | |
| National | 1974–1989 | ||
| Marc Rowell | National | 1989–2006 | |
| Andrew Cripps | National | 2006–2008 | |
| Liberal National | 2008–2017 | ||
| Nick Dametto | Katter's Australian | 2017–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katter's Australian | Nick Dametto | 12,522 | 42.54 | +21.59 | |
| Liberal National | Scott Piper | 7,342 | 24.94 | −5.17 | |
| Labor | Paul Jacob | 5,723 | 19.44 | +0.42 | |
| One Nation | Michael Sullivan | 2,097 | 7.12 | −14.90 | |
| Greens | Carolyn Mewing | 1,010 | 3.43 | +0.19 | |
| United Australia | Aurelio Mason | 393 | 1.34 | +1.34 | |
| Independent | Jen Sackley | 351 | 1.19 | +1.19 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,438 | 96.55 | +0.64 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,053 | 3.45 | −0.64 | ||
| Turnout | 30,491 | 86.99 | −1.13 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal National | Scott Piper | 57.40 | |||
| Labor | Paul Jacob | 44.10 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Katter's Australian | Nick Dametto | 19,064 | 64.76 | +7.21 | |
| Liberal National | Scott Piper | 10,374 | 35.24 | −7.21 | |
| Katter's Australian hold | Swing | +7.21 | |||
References
- ^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Hinchinbrook – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ The notional two-party-preferred figure is manually calculated using statewide preference flows.