Division Profile

Division Name

HINKLER

State

Queensland

Elected Member

Neville, P (NP) 1993-

Name Derivation

Named after Bert Hinkler 1892-1933, pioneer aviator. First person to fly solo from England to Australia 1928.

First Proclaimed / Election

1984

Area

3504 sq. kms

Demographic

Provincial

Pre-Election Seat Status

Marginal

Seat Status

Safe

Enrolment

91,371

Turnout

93.61%

Informal

5.57%

Location

Hinkler covers an area of approximately 3,504 sq km starting at the Burnett River at Burnett Heads in the north, continuing west along the Burnett River following the Bundaberg Regional Council boundary, bordering the locality Duckinwilla in the south and following the Susan River to River Heads at the mouth of the Mary River. The major population centres are Bundaberg and Hervey Bay. Other towns include Bargara, Childers and Burrum Heads.

Products and Industry

Sugar, a myriad of small crops including tomatoes, avocados and macadamia nuts, rum, fishing, seafood industries and tourism.

Members

Neville, P (NP) 1993-

Courtice, B W (ALP) 1987-1993

Conquest, B J (NP) 1984-1987

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QLD DIVISION - HINKLER

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