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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Herbert, Queensland
North Queensland: Garbutt, Mundingburra, Thuringowa, Townsville
Sitting member: Ewen Jones (Liberal), elected 2010
Enrolment at close of rolls: 104,841
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 6.2%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Michael Punshon
Family First |
2. Colin Dwyer
Katter's Australian Party |
3. Martin Brewster
Palmer United Party |
4. Geoff Virgo
One Nation |
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5. Cathy O'Toole
Australian Labor Party |
6. Wendy Tubman
Australian Greens |
7. Ewen Jones
Liberal Party |
8. David Harris
Liberal Democratic Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Herbert has existed since Federation, and once covered all of north Queensland. Since 1949 it has consisted of Townsville and surrounding areas. The 2006
redistribution has cut it back to the city and suburbs, making it an entirely urban seat for the first time. As a regional administrative centre and a
booming tourist town it has a somewhat higher level of median family income than most regional seats, and also a high proportion of government employees,
including many defence personnel. For most of its history it has been a safe Labor seat, although its first Labor member retained it as a Nationalist
for most of the 1920s.
In recent times, as Labor's regional base has declined, Herbert has trended Liberal, a process hastened by the large military vote. Labor retains some
strength in the older parts of the city, and also among the Indigenous voters of Palm Island, but Townsville's new outer suburbs tend to be more
conservative. Labor was expected to win the seat in 2007, but narrowly failed to do so.
Peter Lindsay won Herbert for the Liberals in 1996, and retained without too much difficulty until his retirement in 2010, when Ewen Jones retained it with
a swing in his favour. He increased his majority in 2013.
Ewen Jones, Liberal MP for Herbert since 2010, was an auctioneer and real estate agent before entering politics. He was appointed a Government Whip in 2015.
Labor's candidate will be Cathy O'Toole, who also contested the seat in 2013. She has operated businesses in the vocational education and training fields
and worked as a TAFE teacher and administrator. She is currently chief executive of mental heath service SOLAS.
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