Electoral district of Hinchinbrook

Hinchinbrook
Hinchinbrook;
	Map of the electoral district of Hinchinbrook, 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Nick Dametto
Party	Katter's Australian
Namesake	Hinchinbrook Island
Electors	35,050 (2020)
Area	6,497 km2 (2,508.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	18°25′S 146°9′E / 18.417°S 146.150°E
	Electorates around Hinchinbrook:

Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1] It is currently represented by Nick Dametto, of Katter's Australian Party.

Geography edit

Originally primarily a rural electorate, the district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from 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.

Political history edit

The electorate was first contested in 1950 and was held by the National Party and its successor, the Liberal National Party, for over half a century. However, even as the LNP won a landslide victory in 2012, its hold on Hinchinbrook became rather tenuous amid the rise of Katter's Australian Party, with longtime MP Andrew Cripps suffering an 11 percent swing. At the 2017 state election, Nick Dametto, a member of Katter's Australian Party defeated Cripps with a large swing which he consolidated at the 2020 election.

Members for Hinchinbrook edit

	Party	Term
Cecil Jesson	Labor	1950–1960
John Row	Country	1960–1972
Ted Row	Country	1972–1974
Ted Row	National	1974–1989
Marc Rowell	National	1989–2006
Andrew Cripps	National	2006–2008
Andrew Cripps	Liberal National	2008–2017
Nick Dametto	Katter's Australian	2017–present

Election results edit

2020 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Katter's Australian	Nick Dametto	12,522	42.54	+21.59
	Liberal National	Scott Piper	7,342	24.94	−5.17
	Labor	Paul Jacob	5,723	19.44	+0.42
	One Nation	Michael Sullivan	2,097	7.12	−14.90
	Greens	Carolyn Mewing	1,010	3.43	+0.19
	United Australia	Aurelio Mason	393	1.34	+1.34
	Independent	Jen Sackley	351	1.19	+1.19
Total formal votes			29,438	96.55	+0.64
Informal votes			1,053	3.45	−0.64
Turnout			30,491	86.99	−1.13
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Liberal National	Scott Piper		57.40
	Labor	Paul Jacob		44.10
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Katter's Australian	Nick Dametto	19,064	64.76	+7.21
	Liberal National	Scott Piper	10,374	35.24	−7.21
	Katter's Australian hold		Swing	+7.21

References edit

^ "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
^ 2020 State General Election – Hinchinbrook – District Summary, ECQ.
^ The notional two-party-preferred figure is manually calculated using statewide preference flows.

External links edit

Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.

[2] 2020 State General Election – Hinchinbrook – District Summary, ECQ.

[3] The notional two-party-preferred figure is manually calculated using statewide preference flows.

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