Division of Herbert

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Herbert Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Queensland
Created:	1901
MP:	Peter Lindsay
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Robert Herbert
Electors:	90,756
Area:	389 km² (150.2 sq mi)
Demographic:	Provincial

The Division of Herbert is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Eligible voters within the Division elect a single representative, known as the member for Herbert, to the Australian House of Representatives. 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 had been a bellwether for Federal electoral results for three decades, having consistently changed between Labor and Liberal Members in the same way as changes in Government between 1977 and 2007.

It was hotly contested in the 2007 Election with local identity and businessman George Colbran preselected by Labor to contest Herbert. Colbran conceded defeat to sitting member Peter Lindsay on 5 December.^[1]

Contents 1 Members 2 Election results 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Fred Bamford	Labor	1901—1916
		Nationalist	1916—1925
	Lewis Nott	Nationalist	1925—1928
	George Martens	Labor	1928—1946
	William Edmonds	Labor	1946—1958
	John Murray	Liberal	1958—1961
	Ted Harding	Labor	1961—1966
	Robert Bonnett	Liberal	1966—1977
	Arthur Dean	Liberal	1977—1983
	Ted Lindsay	Labor	1983—1996
	Peter Lindsay	Liberal	1996—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	37,397	45.70	-2.68
	Labor	George Colbran	35,838	43.79	+7.81
	Greens	Jenny Stirling	4,201	5.13	+0.17
	Family First	Michael Punshon	1,283	1.57	-2.33
	Independent	Bill Brennan	900	1.10	+1.10
	One Nation	Francis Pauler	748	0.91	-2.43
	Liberty and Democracy	Ben Thompson	505	0.62	+0.62
	Independent	Garrie Lynch	487	0.60	+0.60
	Democrats	Sharon Sheridan	476	0.58	-0.73
Total formal votes			81,835	95.81	+1.31
Informal votes			3,575	4.19	-1.31
Turnout			85,410	94.11	-0.77
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	41,089	50.21	-6.03
	Labor	George Colbran	40,746	49.79	+6.03
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.03

Australian federal election, 2004: Herbert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	38,792	49.74	+6.80
	Labor	Anita Phillips	28,260	36.24	-0.31
	Greens	Jenny Stirling	3,915	5.02	+2.30
	Family First	Cathy Eaton	2,993	3.84	+3.84
	One Nation	William Michael Brennan	2,675	3.43	-3.36
	Democrats	Richard Hoolihan	1,025	1.31	-1.79
	Citizens Electoral Council	Les Marsden	323	0.41	+0.41
Total formal votes			77,983	94.47	-0.66
Informal votes			4,563	5.53	+0.66
Turnout			82,546	93.82	-2.18
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Peter Lindsay	43,828	56.20	+4.67
	Labor	Anita Phillips	34,155	43.80	-4.67
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.67

[edit] External links

• Crikey Division profile

[edit] References

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