Division of Hinkler

The Division of Hinkler is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Bert Hinkler, the great pioneer Australian aviator.

Hinkler Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hinkler (green) within Queensland
Created	1984
MP	Keith Pitt
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Bert Hinkler
Electors	94,449 (2013)
Area	3,504 km2 (1,352.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

Bert Hinkler

The division includes the towns of Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Childers, Gayndah and Monto.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Bryan Conquest	National	1984–1987
	Brian Courtice	Labor	1987–1993
	Paul Neville	National	1993–2010
		Liberal National	2010–2013
	Keith Pitt	Liberal National	2013–Present

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Hinkler
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Keith Pitt	42,720	42.13	−3.90
	Labor	Jason Scanes	23,634	23.31	+0.38
	Independent	Jack Dempsey	13,236	13.05	+13.05
	One Nation	Zak Menhennett	8,837	8.71	−6.09
	United Australia	Kristie Nash	7,417	7.31	+2.93
	Greens	Andrew McLean	5,562	5.48	+1.76
Total formal votes			101,406	96.73	+4.55
Informal votes			3,431	3.27	−4.55
Turnout			104,837	89.49	−3.21
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Keith Pitt	60,918	60.07	−4.43
	Labor	Jason Scanes	40,488	39.93	+4.43
	Template:Australian politics/name/Liberal National hold		Swing	−4.43

Division Of Hinkler Media

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  Bert Hinkler, the division's namesake

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  Portrait of Paul Neville

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  Official Portrait of Keith Pitt

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  Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Strait from orbit

Other websites

• Division of Hinkler (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission
• Keith Pitt's website Archived 2019-05-18 at the Wayback Machine