Electoral district of Hinchinbrook

Hinchinbrook; Queensland—Legislative Assembly
	Map of the electoral district of Hinchinbrook, 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Nick Dametto
Party	Katter's Australian Party
Namesake	Hinchinbrook Island
Electors	32,795 (2017)
Area	12,694 km2 (4,901.2 sq mi)
Coordinates	18°25′S 146°9′E
	Electorates around Hinchinbrook:

Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.[1]

2008 map of Hinchinbrook

Originally primarily a rural electorate, the district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from just 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. The electorate was first contested in 1950 and until the 2017 election had been held by the Country Party and its successor parties continuously for over half a century.

Members for Hinchinbrook

	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

2017 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Andrew Cripps	8,523	30.1	−7.6
	One Nation	Margaret Bell	6,232	22.0	+16.2
	Katter's Australian	Nick Dametto	5,929	20.9	+8.1
	Labor	Paul Jacob	5,384	19.0	−8.4
	Independent	Peter Raffles	1,316	4.7	+4.7
	Greens	Lyle Burness	917	3.2	+0.1
Total formal votes			28,301	95.9	−2.2
Informal votes			1,208	4.1	+2.2
Turnout			29,509	88.1	+3.5
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Katter's Australian	Nick Dametto	16,288	57.6	+57.6
	Liberal National	Andrew Cripps	12,013	42.5	−11.0
	Katter's Australian gain from Liberal National		Swing	+11.0

References

"Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
2017 State General Election - Hinchinbrook - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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

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[qpe-1] "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)

[2] 2017 State General Election - Hinchinbrook - District Summary, ECQ.