Electoral district of Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred on the city of Hervey Bay and also includes Fraser Island.[1]

Hervey Bay Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Map of the electoral district of Hervey Bay, 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1992–present
MP	Ted Sorensen
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Hervey Bay
Electors	36,932 (2017)
Area	2,198 km^2 (848.7 sq mi)
Coordinates	25°15′S 153°3′E
Electorates around Hervey Bay: Burnett Coral Sea Coral Sea Maryborough Hervey Bay Coral Sea Maryborough Gympie Coral Sea

2008 map.

Members for Hervey Bay

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Nunn	Labor	1992–1998
	David Dalgleish	One Nation	1998–1999
		City Country Alliance	1999–2001
	Andrew McNamara	Labor	2001–2009
	Ted Sorensen	Liberal National	2009–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hervey Bay

2017 Queensland state election: Hervey Bay[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	12,049	37.7	−10.1
	Labor	Adrian Tantari	9,282	29.1	−2.6
	One Nation	Damian Huxham	8,059	25.2	+25.2
	Greens	Jenni Cameron	1,619	5.1	+1.4
	Independent	Jannean Dean	937	2.9	−0.9
Total formal votes			31,946	96.0	−1.7
Informal votes			1,345	4.0	+1.7
Turnout			33,291	88.5	+2.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	18,880	59.1	+2.6
	Labor	Adrian Tantari	13,066	40.9	−2.6
	Liberal National hold		Swing	+2.6

References

1. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
2. 2017 State General Election - Hervey Bay - District Summary, ECQ.

External links

• Green, Antony (2009). "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.