Division of Herbert

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The Division of Herbert is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1901, and was first contested at the 1901 election. It is located in northern Queensland, and is named for Sir Robert Herbert, the first Premier of Queensland (1859-1866). On its original boundaries it extended from Mackay to the Torres Strait, but today it has been cut back to little more than the city of Townsville. The seat has been a bellwether for Federal electoral results the past three decades, having consistently changed between Labor and Liberal Members in the same way as changes in Government. At the 2004 election the Liberal Party's Peter Lindsay retained the seat by a margin of 6.2%.[1] It will be hotly contested in the 2007 Election with local identity and businessman George Colbran preselected by Labor to contest Herbert.

[edit] History and list of Members

In 1939, Fred Paterson stood successfully as an alderman for the Townsville City Council, becoming the first member of the Communist Party to win such an office in Australia. He was then re-elected in 1943. The same year, he stood for the federal seat of Herbert, but was narrowly defeated.

Member	Party	Term
Hon Fred Bamford	ALP, Nat	1901-25
Dr Lewis Nott	Nat	1925-28
George Martens	ALP	1928-46
William Edmonds	ALP	1946-58
John Murray	Liberal	1958-61
Ted Harding	ALP	1961-66
Robert Bonnett	Liberal	1966-77
Arthur Dean	Liberal	1977-83
Hon Ted Lindsay	ALP	1983-96
Peter Lindsay	Liberal	1996-

[edit] Results 2004 Election

Registered Voters		87,987		Fairly Safe Liberal
Votes Cast		82,546		Turnout %	93.82	-2.18
Informal Votes		4,563		Informal %	5.53	+0.66
Party		Candidate	Primary Votes	%	Swing%
	Family First Party	Cathy Eaton	2,993	3.84	+3.84
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	38,792	49.74	+6.80
	Australian Greens	Jenny Stirling	3,915	5.02	+2.30
	Australian Labor Party	Anita Phillips	28,260	36.24	-0.31
	Australian Democrats	Richard Hoolihan	1,025	1.31	-1.79
	Citizens Electoral Council	Les Marsden	323	0.41	+0.41
	One Nation Party	William Michael Brennan	2,675	3.43	-3.36
Two Candidate Preferred
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	43,828	56.20	+4.67	Elected
	Australian Labor Party	Anita Phillips	34,155	43.80	-4.67
Total			77,983			^[1]

[edit] 2007 Election

Candidates

Liberal Party of Australia - Peter Lindsay [2]

Australian Labor Party - George Colbran [3]

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