Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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]
On its original boundaries, it covered most of north-eastern Queensland, stretching from Mackay to the Torres Strait. Much of its northern portion, including Cairns and the Cape York Peninsula, transferred to Kennedy in 1934 (these areas are now part of Leichhardt. Its south-eastern portion, including Mackay, became Dawson in 1949. By 1984, successive redistributions cut back the seat to little more than Townsville and its inner suburbs.
The seat had long been one of Australia's noteworthy bellwether seats. It was won by the party of government for all but two terms from the 1966 election until the 2007 election, where it was hotly contested with local identity and businessman George Colbran pre-selected by Labor to contest Herbert, however Liberal incumbent Peter Lindsay managed to retain the seat with a wafer-thin 50.2 percent two-party vote from a 6 percent two-party swing while his party lost government. Ewen Jones of the merged Liberal National Party succeeded Lindsay and retained the seat at the following two elections with increased margins.
Herbert featured the closest result of any division at the 2016 federal election. Following a recount, the Australian Electoral Commission confirmed on 31 July that Labor's Cathy O'Toole defeated the LNP incumbent by 37 votes, becoming the first Labor member to win the seat since 1996.[2][3] The LNP considered a legal challenge to the result.[3][4]
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The Division of Herbert is an Australian electoral division in the state of Queensland Eligible voters within the Division elect a single representative known as the member for Herbert to the Australian House of Representatives HerbertAustralian House of Representatives DivisionDivision of Herbert in Queensland as of the 2019 federal election Created1901MPPhillip ThompsonPartyLiberal NationalNamesakeSir Robert HerbertElectors114 257 2022 Area946 km2 365 3 sq mi DemographicProvincial Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 5 References 6 External linksGeography EditSince 1984 federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been 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 Edit Sir Robert Herbert the division s namesake The division was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 65 divisions at the first federal election It is located in northern Queensland and is named after Sir Robert Herbert the first Premier of Queensland 1859 1866 It has always been based around the city of Townsville On its original boundaries it covered most of north eastern Queensland stretching from Mackay to the Torres Strait Much of its northern portion including Cairns and the Cape York Peninsula transferred to Kennedy in 1934 these areas are now part of Leichhardt Its south eastern portion including Mackay became Dawson in 1949 By 1984 successive redistributions cut back the seat to little more than Townsville and its inner suburbs The seat had long been one of Australia s noteworthy bellwether seats It was won by the party of government for all but two terms from the 1966 election until the 2007 election where it was hotly contested with local identity and businessman George Colbran pre selected by Labor to contest Herbert however Liberal incumbent Peter Lindsay managed to retain the seat with a wafer thin 50 2 percent two party vote from a 6 percent two party swing while his party lost government Ewen Jones of the merged Liberal National Party succeeded Lindsay and retained the seat at the following two elections with increased margins Herbert featured the closest result of any division at the 2016 federal election Following a recount the Australian Electoral Commission confirmed on 31 July that Labor s Cathy O Toole defeated the LNP incumbent by 37 votes becoming the first Labor member to win the seat since 1996 2 3 The LNP considered a legal challenge to the result 3 4 Members EditImage Member Party Term Notes Fred Bamford 1849 1934 Labor 30 March 1901 14 November 1916 Served as minister under Hughes Retired National Labor 14 November 1916 17 February 1917 Nationalist 17 February 1917 3 October 1925 Lewis Nott 1886 1951 Nationalist 14 November 1925 17 November 1928 Lost seat Later elected to the Division of Australian Capital Territory in 1949 George Martens 1874 1949 Labor 17 November 1928 16 August 1946 Retired Bill Edmonds 1903 1968 Labor 28 September 1946 22 November 1958 Lost seat John Murray 1915 2009 Liberal 22 November 1958 9 December 1961 Lost seat Later elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of Clayfield in 1963 Ted Harding 1921 2004 Labor 9 December 1961 26 November 1966 Lost seat Duke Bonnett 1916 1994 Liberal 26 November 1966 10 November 1977 Retired Gordon Dean 1943 Liberal 10 December 1977 5 March 1983 Lost seat Ted Lindsay 1942 Labor 5 March 1983 2 March 1996 Lost seat Peter Lindsay 1944 Liberal 2 March 1996 19 July 2010 Retired Ewen Jones 1960 Liberal Nationals 21 August 2010 2 July 2016 Lost seat Cathy O Toole 1956 Labor 2 July 2016 18 May 2019 Lost seat Phillip Thompson 1988 Liberal Nationals 18 May 2019 present IncumbentElection results EditMain article Electoral results for the Division of Herbert This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Queensland Herbert edit 2022 Australian federal election Herbert 5 Party Candidate Votes Liberal National Phillip Thompson 43 453 47 01 9 90Labor John Ring 19 971 21 60 3 85Greens Scott Humphreys 7 596 8 22 0 91Katter s Australian Clynton Hawks 6 472 7 00 2 80One Nation Diane Pepe 4 874 5 27 5 82Independent Angela Egan 2 983 3 23 3 23United Australia Greg Dowling 2 383 2 58 3 12Informed Medical Options Toni McMahon 1 658 1 79 1 79Animal Justice Toni McCormack 1 359 1 47 0 25Independent Steven Clare 942 1 02 1 02Great Australian Larna Ballard 749 0 81 0 81Total formal votes 92 440 94 23 0 13Informal votes 5 658 5 77 0 13Turnout 98 098 85 93 4 13Two party preferred resultLiberal National Phillip Thompson 57 103 61 77 3 41Labor John Ring 35 337 38 23 3 41Liberal National hold Swing 3 41References Edit Muller Damon 14 November 2017 The process of federal redistributions a quick guide Parliament of Australia Retrieved 19 April 2022 Labor takes seat of Herbert leaving Malcolm Turnbull with majority of just one seat SMH 31 July 2016 a b Labor wins seat of Herbert after recount ABC 31 July 2016 Killoran Matthew 29 July 2016 LNP to consider legal action if it loses Herbert recount Courier Mail Herbert QLD 2022 Tally Room Australian Electoral Commission External links EditDivision of Herbert Qld Australian Electoral Commission Coordinates 19 12 29 S 146 36 58 E 19 208 S 146 616 E 19 208 146 616 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Division of Herbert amp oldid 1088976908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
