Division of Hinkler

Hinkler Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hinkler (green) within Queensland
Created	1984
MP	Keith Pitt
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Bert Hinkler
Electors	94,449 (2013)
Area	3,504 km² (1,352.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Hinkler is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. 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 was reelected with a large enough swing in 2010 to turn Hinkler into a safe seat for the merged Liberal National Party.

Members

	Party	Term
Bryan Conquest	National	1984–1987
Brian Courtice	Labor	1987–1993
Paul Neville	National	1993–2010
Paul Neville	Liberal National	2010–2013
Keith Pitt	Liberal National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hinkler

Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait from orbit

Australian federal election, 2013: Hinkler
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Keith Pitt	38,005	44.75	−10.20
	Labor	Leanne Donaldson	23,442	27.60	−4.90
	Palmer United	Rob Messenger	14,990	17.65	+17.65
	Katter's Australian	David Dalgleish	3,887	4.58	+4.58
	Greens	Mark Simpson	2,308	2.72	−2.99
	Family First	Troy Sullivan	1,590	1.87	−1.30
	Independent	Reid Schirmer	706	0.83	+0.83
Total formal votes			84,928	95.08	+0.65
Informal votes			4,399	4.92	−0.65
Turnout			89,327	94.58	+0.97
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Keith Pitt	50,142	59.04	−1.35
	Labor	Leanne Donaldson	34,786	40.96	+1.35
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−1.35

References

External links

Division of Hinkler (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Queensland

Blair Bonner Bowman Brisbane Capricornia Dawson Dickson Fadden Fairfax Fisher Flynn Forde Griffith Groom Herbert Hinkler Kennedy Leichhardt Lilley Longman Maranoa McPherson Moncrieff Moreton Oxley Petrie Rankin Ryan Wide Bay Wright Abolished: Darling Downs Oxley (1901–34)

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 25°10′59″S 152°23′06″E / 25.183°S 152.385°E / -25.183; 152.385

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