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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Hinkler, Queensland
Central Coast Queensland: Bundaberg, Burrum, Childers, Hervey Bay
Sitting member: Hon Keith Pitt (Nationals), elected 2016
Enrolment at close of rolls: 100,798
2013 Nationals majority over Labor: 9.0%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Keith Pitt
The Nationals |
2. Stephen Lynch
Family First |
3. Damian Huxham
One Nation |
4. Rob Windred
Australian Liberty Alliance |
5. Bill Foster
Independent |
6. Tim Roberts
Australian Greens |
7. Tim Lawson
Australian Labor Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Hinkler was created in 1984, based on the provincial industrial centres of Bundaberg and Gladstone. Once Hinkler would have been a safe Labor
seat, but the decline in Labor's regional base vote meant that even in 1984 it was no better than marginal for Labor. Hinkler has among the
lowest level of median family income of any seat in Australia, as a result of its mix of retirees, service workers and farmers, and has the
country's fourth-highest proportion of people over 65. It also has the low proportions of people born in non English speaking countries and
of people in professional occupations typical of regional seats, especially in Queensland.
Hinkler was won by a National, Bryan Conquest, in 1984, but the "Joh for Canberra" debacle led to his defeat by Labor's Brian Courtice in
1987. Courtice was defeated in 1993 by Paul Neville, who held the seat for 20 years without attracting much notice. One Nation caused Neville
a lot of problems and he was very nearly defeated in both 1998 and 2001. The 2006 redistribution did the Nationals a big favour by removing
Gladstone from the seat and replacing it with the fast- growing Hervey Bay tourism and retirement centre. The Hervey Bay booths are usually
solidly National. This made the seat a good deal more secure for the Nationals.
Keith Pitt, Nationals MP for Hinkler since 2013, was a cane farmer and electrical engineer before his election. He has been Assistant Minister
to the Deputy Prime Minister since February 2016. The Labor candidate is Tim Lawson, a project manager with the Bundaberg Regional Council.
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