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Division of Hinkler

Hinkler Australian House of Representatives Division
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Created	1984
MP	Keith Pitt
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Bert Hinkler
Electors	117,306 (2022)
Area	3,504 km2 (1,352.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial and rural

The Division of Hinkler is an Australian Electoral DivisioninQueensland.

It includes the city of Bundaberg and its surrounds.

Geography[edit]

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

History[edit]

The division was created in 1984 and is named after Bert Hinkler, the great pioneer Australian aviator.

The seat is located in coastal Queensland, including the towns of Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Childers, Gayndah and Monto.

The electoral division had previously centred on Gladstone and its surrounding area. On those boundaries, it was a marginal seat that traded hands between the Australian Labor Party and the National Party of Australia. However, after a redistribution in 2006, the Gladstone area, a Labor bastion, was transferred to the Division of Flynn. This seemingly consolidated the Nationals' hold on the seat. While National incumbent Paul Neville was nearly swept out in 2007 due in part to Queensland swinging heavily to Labor under Kevin Rudd, he survived in part due to Labor-leaning Gladstone being replaced with conservative-leaning Hervey Bay. He was reelected with a large enough swing in 2010 to turn Hinkler into a safe seat for the merged Liberal National Party.

Members[edit]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Bryan Conquest (1930–2018)	Nationals	1 December 1984 – 11 July 1987	Lost seat
		Brian Courtice (1950–)	Labor	11 July 1987 – 13 March 1993	Lost seat
		Paul Neville (1940–2019)	Nationals	13 March 1993 – 19 July 2010	Retired
			Liberal National	19 July 2010 – 5 August 2013
		Keith Pitt (1969–)		7 September 2013 – present	Served as minister under Morrison. Incumbent

Election results[edit]

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Primary vote results in Hinkler (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Primary vote results in Hinkler (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Division of Hinkler (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

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