Electoral district of Hinchinbrook
Appearance
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 | 32,795 (2017) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 12,694 km2 (4,901.2 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.
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 until the 2017 election had been held by the Country Party and its successor parties continuously for over half a century.
Members for Hinchinbrook
Member | Party | Term | |
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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 | % | ±% | |
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Liberal National | Andrew Cripps | 8,523 | 30.1 | −7.6 | |
One Nation | Margaret Bell | 6,232 | 22.0 | +16.2 | |
Katter's Australian | Nick Dametto | 5,929 | 20.9 | +8.1 | |
Labor | Paul Jacob | 5,384 | 19.0 | −8.4 | |
Independent | Peter Raffles | 1,316 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
Greens | Lyle Burness | 917 | 3.2 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 28,301 | 95.9 | −2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,208 | 4.1 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 29,509 | 88.1 | +3.5 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Katter's Australian | Nick Dametto | 16,288 | 57.6 | +57.6 | |
Liberal National | Andrew Cripps | 12,013 | 42.5 | −11.0 | |
Katter's Australian gain from Liberal National | Swing | +11.0 |
References
External links
- Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)