Electoral district of Hervey Bay
Appearance
Hervey Bay Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
Dates current | 1992–present | ||||||||||||||
MP | Ted Sorensen | ||||||||||||||
Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Hervey Bay | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 36,932 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 2,198 km2 (848.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 25°15′S 153°3′E / 25.250°S 153.050°E | ||||||||||||||
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Hervey Bay is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the city of Hervey Bay and also includes Fraser Island.[1]
Members for Hervey Bay
Member | Party | Term | |
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Bill Nunn | Labor | 1992–1998 | |
David Dalgleish | One Nation | 1998–1999 | |
City Country Alliance | 1999–2001 | ||
Andrew McNamara | Labor | 2001–2009 | |
Ted Sorensen | Liberal National | 2009–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Ted Sorensen | 12,049 | 37.7 | −10.1 | |
Labor | Adrian Tantari | 9,282 | 29.1 | −2.6 | |
One Nation | Damian Huxham | 8,059 | 25.2 | +25.2 | |
Greens | Jenni Cameron | 1,619 | 5.1 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Jannean Dean | 937 | 2.9 | −0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 31,946 | 96.0 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,345 | 4.0 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 33,291 | 88.5 | +2.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal National | Ted Sorensen | 18,880 | 59.1 | +2.6 | |
Labor | Adrian Tantari | 13,066 | 40.9 | −2.6 | |
Liberal National hold | Swing | +2.6 |
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.
- ^ 2017 State General Election - Hervey Bay - District Summary, ECQ.