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Division of Bonner

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The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum. The current MP is Kara Cook of the Labor Party.

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Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are 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.[1]

History

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Neville Bonner, the division's namesake

The division was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal Australian person to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate as a Queensland Liberal Senator.[2]

The seat had a notional Labor majority when it was created, but was won by the Liberal Party in 2004 by a slight margin. Kerry Rea regained the seat for Labor in 2007. Then Ross Vasta re-took the seat for the LNP at the 2010 election. Vasta then remained the MP for Bonner until the 2025 Federal Election where he lost the seat to Labor's Kara Cook.

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Members

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Election results

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Results are not final. Last updated on 27 May 2025 at 5:30 PM AEST.
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Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Bonner in the 2022 federal election. check indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.
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Notes

  1. Member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland who sits with the parliamentary Liberal Party.

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