Electoral district of Hill
| Hill Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Hill, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Shane Knuth | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Katter's Australian Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Dorothy Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,987 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 19,752 km2 (7,626.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°44′33″S 145°19′08″E / 17.7426°S 145.3189°E | ||||||||||||||
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Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and first contested at the Queensland state election the same year. It was named after geologist Dorothy Hill.[1]
Hill is centred on the Atherton Tableland. It consists of the entire Tablelands Region, the southern half of the Cairns Region and a northern portion of the Cassowary Coast, as well as an eastern area of Mareeba Shire. Towns within its boundaries include Atherton, Innisfail, Tully, Babinda and Mission Beach.[1] It was created largely out of the northern portion of the abolished seat of Dalrymple.
From results of the 2015 election, Hill was estimated to be a marginal seat for Katter's Australian Party with a margin of 4.9%.[2] Shane Knuth, the last member for Dalrymple, transferred to Hill and retained it for the KAP with a large swing in his favour.
Members for Hill
[edit]| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Shane Knuth | Katter's Australian | 25 November 2017 – present |
Member for Dalrymple until its abolishment. Incumbent |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katter's Australian | Shane Knuth | 16,970 | 52.62 | +4.45 | |
| Labor | Michael Hodgkins | 6,354 | 19.70 | +0.76 | |
| Liberal National | Nick Cuda | 5,466 | 16.95 | −5.87 | |
| Greens | Jennifer Cox | 2,083 | 6.46 | −0.10 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Tara Garozzo | 850 | 2.64 | +2.64 | |
| Independent | Peter Campion | 414 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
| Independent | Chester Tuxford | 114 | 0.35 | −0.42 | |
| Total formal votes | 32,251 | 96.47 | +0.03 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,179 | 3.53 | −0.03 | ||
| Turnout | 33,430 | 88.00 | +0.10 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count[a] | |||||
| Liberal National | Nick Cuda | 59.70 | |||
| Labor | Michael Hodgkins | 40.30 | |||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Katter's Australian | Shane Knuth | 23,398 | 72.55 | +2.80 | |
| Labor | Michael Hodgkins | 8,853 | 27.45 | +27.45 | |
| Katter's Australian hold | |||||
See also
[edit]- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
[edit]- ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ 2020 State General Election – Hill – District Summary, ECQ.
- ^ "Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result". 18 November 2020.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green.[4]