Electoral district of Hinchinbrook

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2008 map of Hinchinbrook

Hinchinbrook is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It is currently represented by Nick Dametto, of Katter's Australian Party.

Geography

Originally primarily a rural electorate, the district in its present form is a narrow coastal strip running from south of Tully to the northern fringes of Townsville. Prior to the 2017 redistribution Hinchinbrook had spanned just south of Innisfail and included the towns of Mission Beach and Tully. Hinchinbrook now includes the towns of Cardwell, Ingham, Lucinda and includes the Northern Beaches suburbs of Townsville such as Bushland Beach.

Political history

The electorate was first contested in 1950 and was held by the National Party and its successor, the Liberal National Party, for over half a century. However, even as the LNP won a landslide victory in 2012, its hold on Hinchinbrook became rather tenuous amid the rise of Katter's Australian Party, with longtime MP Andrew Cripps suffering an 11 percent swing. At the 2017 state election, Nick Dametto, a member of Katter's Australian Party defeated Cripps with a large swing which he consolidated at the 2020 election.

Members for Hinchinbrook

Member		Party	Term
Template:Australian party style|	Cecil Jesson	Labor	1950–1960
Template:Australian party style|	John Row	Country	1960–1972
Template:Australian party style|	Ted Row	Country	1972–1974
Template:Australian party style|		National	1974–1989
Template:Australian party style|	Marc Rowell	National	1989–2006
Template:Australian party style|	Andrew Cripps	National	2006–2008
Template:Australian party style|		Liberal National	2008–2017
Template:Australian party style|	Nick Dametto	Katter's Australian	2017–present