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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Hinkler, Queensland
Central Coast Queensland: Bargara, Bundaberg, Childers, Hervey Bay, Howard
State seats: All of
Bundaberg, parts of
Burnett,
Hervey Bay and
Maryborough
Local government areas: Parts of Bundaberg and Fraser Coast
Enrolment at close of rolls: 107,761
1999 republic referendum: No 69.4
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 50.7
Sitting member: Hon Keith Pitt (Nationals):
Elected 2013, 2016
2007 Nationals majority over Labor: 1.7%
2010 Nationals majority over Labor: 10.4%
2013 Nationals majority over Labor: 9.0%
2016 Nationals majority over Labor: 8.5%
2019 notional Nationals majority over Labor: 8.4%
Status: Fairly safe Nationals
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Damian Huxham
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
2. Hon Keith Pitt
The Nationals |
3. Anne Jackson
Australian Greens |
4. David Norman
Independent |
5. Moe Turaga
Independent |
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6. Aaron Erskine
Fraser Anning's Conservative
National Party |
7. Joseph Ellul
United Australia Party |
8. Amy Byrnes
Animal Justice Party |
9. Richard Pascoe
Australian Labor Party |
10. Adrian Wone
Independent |
Candidate websites:
Damian Huxham
Anne Jackson
Richard Pascoe
Hon Keith Pitt
Division of Hinkler
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 household income
of any seat in Australia, as a result of its mix of retirees, service workers and farmers, and has the
country's third-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 and managerial 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,
previously in Wide Bay. 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. Pitt was an assistant minister from February 2016 to December 2017, when he was abruptly sacked by
Barnaby Joyce. Following Joyce's demise, Pitt was rehabilitated by Michael McCormack and became
Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister, but was again dropped in August 2018.
Labor's candidate in 2019 will be Richard Pascoe, an organiser with the Independent Education Union. The Greens
candidate is Anne Jackson, "a casual roadside attendant." The One Nation candidate is Damian Huxham. a "heavy plant
operator in the mining & civil construction industries."
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $946 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 25.4% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 4.1% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 78.1% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: German 6.1%
Non-English-speaking households: 6.0% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 18.6% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 27.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 10.2% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 26.8% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 22.6% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 7.2% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 26.4% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 30.6% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 22.6% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Bryan Conquest (NPA) 1984-87
Brian Courtice (ALP) 1987-93
Paul Neville (NPA) 1993-2013
Hon Keith Pitt (Nat) 2013-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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