Australian electorate
| Hill Queensland—Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Map of Hill, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||||
| Dates current | 2017–present | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Shane Knuth | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Katter's Australian Party | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Dorothy Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 37,987 (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 19,752 km (7,626.3 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°44′33″S 145°19′08″E / 17.7426°S 145.3189°E / -17.7426; 145.3189 | ||||||||||||||
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Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and first contested at the Queensland state election the same year. It was named after geologist Dorothy Hill.
Hill is centred on the Atherton Tableland. It consists of the entire Tablelands Region, the southern half of the Cairns Region and a northern portion of the Cassowary Coast, as well as an eastern area of Mareeba Shire. Towns within its boundaries include Atherton, Innisfail, Tully, Babinda and Mission Beach. It was created largely out of the northern portion of the abolished seat of Dalrymple.
From results of the 2015 election, Hill was estimated to be a marginal seat for Katter's Australian Party with a margin of 4.9%. Shane Knuth, the last member for Dalrymple, transferred to Hill and retained it for the KAP with a large swing in his favour.
Members for Hill
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Shane Knuth | Katter's Australian | 25 November 2017 – present |
Member for Dalrymple until its abolishment. Incumbent |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hill This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Hill.| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Katter's Australian | Shane Knuth | 15,075 | 43.61 | −9.01 | |
| Liberal National | Cameron McCollum | 8,734 | 25.27 | +8.32 | |
| Labor | Michael Hodgkin | 5,250 | 15.19 | −4.51 | |
| One Nation | Brenda Turner | 2,375 | 6.87 | +6.87 | |
| Greens | Jennifer Cox | 2,329 | 6.74 | +0.28 | |
| Independent | Matt Lachlan | 802 | 2.32 | +2.32 | |
| Total formal votes | 34,565 | 96.24 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,351 | 3.76 | |||
| Turnout | 35,916 | ||||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Katter's Australian | Shane Knuth | 22,029 | 63.73 | −8.68 | |
| Liberal National | Cameron McCollum | 12,536 | 36.27 | +8.68 | |
| Katter's Australian hold | Swing | -8.68 | |||
See also
- Electoral districts of Queensland
- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by year
- Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly by name
References
- ^ Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- "Hervey Bay - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 19 November 2024.