Division of Herbert

Herbert Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Herbert (green) within Queensland
Created	1901
MP	Ewen Jones
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Robert Herbert
Electors	97,236 (2013)
Area	946 km^2 (365.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Herbert is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Eligible voters within the Division elect a single representative, known as the member for Herbert, to the Australian House of Representatives. The division was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the 1901 election. It is located in northern Queensland, and is named after Sir Robert Herbert, the first Premier of Queensland (1859–1866). It has always been based on the city of Townsville, though on its original boundaries it extended from Mackay to the Torres Strait. Successive redistributions have cut back the seat to little more than Townsville and its inner suburbs. The seat had been a bellwether for Federal electoral results for three decades, having been represented by a member of the governing party of the day for all but two terms from 1966 to 2007.

It was hotly contested in the 2007 election with local identity and businessman George Colbran preselected by Labor to contest Herbert. Colbran conceded defeat to sitting member Peter Lindsay on 5 December.^[1]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Bamford	Labour	1901–1916
		National Labor	1917–1917
		Nationalist	1916–1925
	Lewis Nott	Nationalist	1925–1928
	George Martens	Labor	1928–1946
	Bill Edmonds	Labor	1946–1958
	John Murray	Liberal	1958–1961
	Ted Harding	Labor	1961–1966
	Robert Bonnett	Liberal	1966–1977
	Gordon Dean	Liberal	1977–1983
	Ted Lindsay	Labor	1983–1996
	Peter Lindsay	Liberal	1996–2010
	Ewen Jones	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2013: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	36,952	43.34	−2.33
	Labor	Cathy O'Toole	25,051	29.38	−10.77
	Palmer United	Martin Brewster	7,573	8.88	+8.88
	Katter's Australian	Bronwyn Walker	6,890	8.08	+8.08
	Greens	Gail Hamilton	4,463	5.24	−3.61
	Sex Party	Costa George	1,576	1.85	+1.85
	Family First	Michael Punshon	1,106	1.30	−4.03
	One Nation	Steve Moir	710	0.83	+0.83
	Rise Up Australia	Nino Marolla	549	0.64	+0.64
	Australian Voice	Margaret Bell	383	0.45	+0.45
Total formal votes			85,253	94.07	+0.33
Informal votes			5,379	5.93	−0.33
Turnout			90,632	93.21	+0.62
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ewen Jones	47,889	56.17	+4.00
	Labor	Cathy O'Toole	37,364	43.83	−4.00
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+4.00

References

1. McKinnon, Liz (5 December 2007). "Colbran concedes defeat". Townsville Bulletin (News Limited). Retrieved 8 December 2007.

External links

• Division of Herbert (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Coordinates: 19°12′29″S 146°36′58″E / 19.208°S 146.616°E