Division of Bonner

The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum. The current MP is Kara Cook of the Labor Party.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

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Neville Bonner, the division's namesake

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.

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 the LNP at the 2010 election. Vasta then remained the MP for Bonner until the 2025 Federal Election where he lost the seat to Labor's Kara Cook.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
Template:Australian party style|	File:Liberal Placeholder.png	Ross Vasta (1966–)	Liberal	9 October 2004 – 24 November 2007	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:KerryRea.png	Kerry Rea (1963–)	Labor	24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Liberal Placeholder.png	Ross Vasta (1966–)	LiberalTemplate:Efn	21 August 2010 – 3 May 2025	Lost seat
Template:Australian party style|	File:Labor Placeholder.png	Kara Cook	Labor	3 May 2025 – present	Incumbent

External links

• Division of Bonner (Qld) — Australian Electoral Commission