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, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum.

Bonner Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Bonner in Queensland, as of the 2019 federal election.
Created	2004
MP	Ross Vasta
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Neville Bonner
Electors	109,169 (2022)
Area	374 km^2 (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.

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

	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 Nationals	21 August 2010 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bonner

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

2022 Australian federal election: Bonner^[2]

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

Primary vote results in Bonner (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal/Liberal National

  Labor

  Greens

  One Nation

  Palmer United/United Australia Party

Two-candidate-preferred results in Bonner

References

1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
2. Bonner, QLD, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• Division of Bonner (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission

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