Division of Bonner

Australian federal electoral division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Ross Vasta of the Liberal Party.

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Bonner
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
Created2004
MPRoss Vasta
PartyLiberal[a]
NamesakeNeville Bonner
Electors109,169 (2022)
Area374 km2 (144.4 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
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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.

Members

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Image Member Party Term Notes
  Ross Vasta
(1966–)
Liberal 9 October 2004
24 November 2007
Lost seat
  Thumb Kerry Rea
(1963–)
Labor 24 November 2007
21 August 2010
Lost seat
  Ross Vasta
(1966–)
Liberal[a] 21 August 2010
present
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Election results

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2025 Australian federal election: Bonner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Family First Ross Dovey
Libertarian Shalini Bhasin
Liberal National Ross Vasta
Legalise Cannabis Craig Hill
Greens Wen Li
Trumpet of Patriots David Wright
One Nation Christopher De Winter
Labor Kara Cook
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Informal votes
Turnout
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2022 Australian federal election: Bonner[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal National Ross Vasta 43,191 44.82 −4.67
Labor Tabatha Young 28,491 29.56 −1.54
Greens Bernard Lakey 16,144 16.75 +5.06
One Nation Amanda Neil 5,371 5.57 +1.57
United Australia Serge Diklich 3,177 3.30 +0.76
Total formal votes 96,374 97.50 +0.43
Informal votes 2,467 2.50 −0.43
Turnout 98,841 90.57 −2.19
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal National Ross Vasta 51,471 53.41 −4.00
Labor Tabatha Young 44,903 46.59 +4.00
Liberal National hold Swing−4.00
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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.

Notes

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

References

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