Division of Bonner

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.

Bonner Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
Created	2004
MP	Kara Cook
Party	Labor
Namesake	Neville Bonner
Electors	109,169 (2025)
Area	374 km2 (144.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

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

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.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Ross Vasta (1966–)	Liberal	9 October 2004 – 24 November 2007	Lost seat
		Kerry Rea (1963–)	Labor	24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010	Lost seat
		Ross Vasta (1966–)	Liberal[a]	21 August 2010 – 3 May 2025	Lost seat
		Kara Cook	Labor	3 May 2025 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bonner

2025 Australian federal election: Bonner^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kara Cook	39,154	39.51	+9.95
	Liberal National	Ross Vasta	35,156	35.47	−9.35
	Greens	Wen Li	12,314	12.43	−4.32
	One Nation	Christopher de Winter	3,784	3.82	−1.75
	Family First	Ross Dovey	2,811	2.84	+2.84
	Legalise Cannabis	Craig Hill	2,497	2.52	+2.52
	Trumpet of Patriots	David Wright	2,187	2.21	+2.21
	Libertarian	Shalini Bhasin	1,203	1.21	+1.21
Total formal votes			99,106	95.57	−1.93
Informal votes			4,597	4.43	+1.93
Turnout			103,703	91.34	+0.77
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kara Cook	54,506	55.00	+8.41
	Liberal National	Ross Vasta	44,600	45.00	−8.41
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+8.41

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Australian federal election in Queensland § Bonner.[edit]

Results are not final. Last updated on 27 May 2025 at 5:30 PM AEST.

2022 Australian federal election: Bonner^[4]

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

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

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Bonner in the 2022 federal election. Y 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.