Division of Hinkler

"Hinkler" redirects here. For other uses, see Hinkler (disambiguation).

Hinkler Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1984
MP	Keith Pitt
Party	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 Division in Queensland. It includes the city of Bundaberg and its surrounds. The current MP is Keith Pitt of the National Party.

Geography

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.

History

Bert Hinkler, the division's namesake

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

	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 – 5 August 2013	Retired
		Keith Pitt (1969–)		7 September 2013 – present	Served as minister under Morrison. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hinkler

Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait from orbit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland § Hinkler.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election: Hinkler

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Keith Pitt	42,720	42.13	−3.90
	Labor	Jason Scanes	23,634	23.31	+0.38
	Independent	Jack Dempsey	13,236	13.05	+13.05
	One Nation	Zak Menhennett	8,837	8.71	−6.09
	United Australia	Kristie Nash	7,417	7.31	+2.93
	Greens	Andrew McLean	5,562	5.48	+1.76
Total formal votes			101,406	96.73	+4.55
Informal votes			3,431	3.27	−4.55
Turnout			104,837	89.49	−3.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Keith Pitt	60,918	60.07	−4.43
	Labor	Jason Scanes	40,488	39.93	+4.43
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−4.43

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Hinkler in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

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

  Liberal National/National

  Liberal

  Labor

  Greens

  Australian Democrats

  One Nation

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

  Independent

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

External links

• Division of Hinkler (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission