Australian electorate
| Hervey Bay Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of the electoral district of Hervey Bay, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 1992–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | David Lee | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal National | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Hervey Bay | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 39,626 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 1,809 km (698.5 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Provincial (mainland) and remote (K'gari) | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 25°15′S 153°3′E / 25.250°S 153.050°E / -25.250; 153.050 | ||||||||||||||
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Hervey Bay is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It contains the majority of its namesake city, Hervey Bay, and also includes K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island.
Members for Hervey Bay
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Nunn | Labor | 1992–1998 | |
| David Dalgleish | One Nation | 1998–1999 | |
| City Country Alliance | 1999–2001 | ||
| Andrew McNamara | Labor | 2001–2009 | |
| Ted Sorensen | Liberal National | 2009–2020 | |
| Adrian Tantari | Labor | 2020–2024 | |
| David Lee | Liberal National | 2024–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hervey Bay This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Hervey Bay.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal National | David Lee | 16,175 | 43.8 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Adrian Tantari | 11,990 | 32.4 | −7.1 | |
| One Nation | Quinn Hendry | 4,773 | 12.9 | +1.8 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Jeff Knipe | 2,566 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
| Greens | Pat Walsh | 1,453 | 3.9 | +0.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 36,957 | 96.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,361 | 3.6 | |||
| Turnout | 38,318 | ||||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal National | David Lee | 21,596 | 58.4 | +10.5 | |
| Labor | Adrian Tantari | 15,361 | 41.6 | −10.5 | |
| Liberal National gain from Labor | Swing | +10.5 | |||
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References
- "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
- "Hervey Bay - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.