Ewen Jones
Ewen Jones | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Herbert | |
| In office 21 August 2010 – 2 July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Peter Lindsay |
| Succeeded by | Cathy O'Toole |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 March 1960 Quilpie, Queensland |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal National Party |
| Website | http://www.ewenjones.com.au/ |
Ewen Thomas Jones (born 7 March 1960) is a former Australian politician representing the division of Herbert for the Liberal National Party from the 2010 federal election until the 2016 federal election.[1][2]
Jones won the division of Herbert in 2010, achieving a 2.05% swing against the Labor candidate, former Mayor of Townsville, Tony Mooney. Jones is a longtime resident of Townsville, Queensland.[3]
On 18 July 2016, at the conclusion of vote counting for the 2016 election, Labor's Cathy O'Toole appeared to have defeated Jones by 8 votes, triggering an automatic recount.[4] The recount and subsequent distribution of preferences gave O'Toole a margin of 37 votes.[5] It represented the first time that Labor had won Herbert since the 1993 federal election.
References
- ^ http://www.ewenjones.com.au/ Personal Website www.ewenjones.com.au, Retrieved 2010-08-24
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/23/2990335.htm?site=tropic%7C ABC News 'Herbert MP vows to get straight to work', Retrieved 2010-08-24
- ^ http://lnp.org.au/ewen-jones---lnp-candidate-for-herbert LNP Website, Retrieved 2010-08-24
- ^ ABC, "Election 2016: Herbert called for Labor, but close vote means recount to follow". Retrieved 19 July 2016
- ^ "Herbert, Qld". Australian Electoral Commission.