Electoral district of Hinchinbrook

Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.^[1] It is currently represented by Nick Dametto, of Katter's Australian Party.

Hinchinbrook
Map of the electoral district of Hinchinbrook, 2017
State	Queensland
MP	Nick Dametto
Party	Katter's Australian
Namesake	Hinchinbrook Island
Electors	35,050 (2020)
Area	6,497 km2 (2,508.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural
Coordinates	18°25′S 146°9′E
Electorates around Hinchinbrook: Hill Hill Coral Sea Traeger Hinchinbrook Coral Sea Traeger Thuringowa Townsville

2008 map of Hinchinbrook

Geography

Originally primarily a rural electorate, the district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from 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.

Political history

The electorate was first contested in 1950 and was held by the National Party and its successor, the Liberal National Party, for over half a century. However, even as the LNP won a landslide victory in 2012, its hold on Hinchinbrook became rather tenuous amid the rise of Katter's Australian Party, with longtime MP Andrew Cripps suffering an 11 percent swing. At the 2017 state election, Nick Dametto, a member of Katter's Australian Party defeated Cripps with a large swing which he consolidated at the 2020 election.

Members for Hinchinbrook

Member		Party	Term
	Cecil Jesson	Labor	1950–1960
	John Row	Country	1960–1972
	Ted Row	Country	1972–1974
		National	1974–1989
	Marc Rowell	National	1989–2006
	Andrew Cripps	National	2006–2008
		Liberal National	2008–2017
	Nick Dametto	Katter's Australian	2017–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hinchinbrook

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Hinchinbrook.[edit]

2024 Queensland state election: Hinchinbrook^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Katter's Australian	Nick Dametto	15,351	46.42	+3.88
	Liberal National	Annette Swaine	9,331	28.22	+3.28
	Labor	Ina Pryor	4,639	14.03	−5.41
	One Nation	Ric Daubert	1,523	4.60	−2.52
	Legalise Cannabis	Kevin Wheatley	1,181	3.57	+3.57
	Greens	Jon Kowski	1,044	3.16	−0.27
Total formal votes			33,069	96.57	+0.02
Informal votes			1,175	3.43	−0.02
Turnout			34,244	87.96	+0.97
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Katter's Australian	Nick Dametto	20,889	63.17	−1.59
	Liberal National	Annette Swaine	12,180	36.83	+1.59
	Katter's Australian hold		Swing	−1.59