Division of Bonner

Bonner Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Bonner (green) within Queensland
Created	2004
MP	Ross Vasta
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Neville Bonner
Electors	95,317 (2013)
Area	360 km2 (139.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal Australian person to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate as a Queensland Liberal Senator. Apart from Bonner there are only three other divisions which bear the names of Aboriginal people, Bennelong in New South Wales, Blair in Queensland and Lingiari in the Northern Territory.

The Division of Bonner is located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum. The seat had a notional Labor majority when it was created, but was won by the Liberal Party in 2004 by a slight margin. Kerry Rea regained the seat for Labor in 2007. Then Ross Vasta re-took the seat for LNP in the 2010 elections.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ross Vasta	Liberal	2004–2007
	Kerry Rea	Labor	2007–2010
	Ross Vasta	Liberal National	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bonner

Australian federal election, 2013: Bonner

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ross Vasta	40,186	46.80	+0.42
	Labor	Laura Fraser Hardy	30,927	36.01	−0.06
	Palmer United	James MacAnally	6,712	7.82	+7.82
	Greens	Dave Nelson	5,876	6.84	−4.34
	Family First	Jeff Penny	1,789	2.08	−0.74
	Uniting Australia	Jarrod Wirth	386	0.45	+0.45
Total formal votes			85,876	95.66	+0.77
Informal votes			3,895	4.34	−0.77
Turnout			89,771	94.02	+0.57
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ross Vasta	46,110	53.69	+0.87
	Labor	Laura Fraser Hardy	39,766	46.31	−0.87
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+0.87

External links

• Division of Bonner (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission