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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Electoral District Of Hill

Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and first contested at the Queensland state election the same year. It was named after geologist Dorothy Hill.

Hill is centred on the Atherton Tableland. It consists of the entire Tablelands Region, the southern half of the Cairns Region and a northern portion of the Cassowary Coast, as well as an eastern area of Mareeba Shire. Towns within its boundaries include Atherton, Innisfail, Tully, Babinda and Mission Beach. It was created largely out of the northern portion of the abolished seat of Dalrymple.

From results of the 2015 election, Hill was estimated to be a marginal seat for Katter's Australian Party with a margin of 4.9%. Shane Knuth, the last member for Dalrymple, transferred to Hill and retained it for the KAP with a large swing in his favour.

Members for Hill

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Shane Knuth Katter's Australian 25 November 2017
present
Member for Dalrymple until its abolishment. Incumbent

Election results

2020 Queensland state election: Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Katter's Australian Shane Knuth 16,970 52.62 +4.45
Labor Michael Hodgkins 6,354 19.70 +0.76
Liberal National Nick Cuda 5,466 16.95 −5.87
Greens Jennifer Cox 2,083 6.46 −0.10
Informed Medical Options Tara Garozzo 850 2.64 +2.64
Independent Peter Campion 414 1.28 +1.28
Independent Chester Tuxford 114 0.35 −0.42
Total formal votes 32,251 96.47 +0.03
Informal votes 1,179 3.53 −0.03
Turnout 33,430 88.00 +0.10
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal National Nick Cuda 59.70
Labor Michael Hodgkins 40.30
Two-candidate-preferred result
Katter's Australian Shane Knuth 23,398 72.55 +2.80
Labor Michael Hodgkins 8,853 27.45 +27.45
Katter's Australian hold  

See also

References

  1. ^ Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ 2020 State General Election – Hill – District Summary, ECQ.
  4. ^ "Analysis of the 2020 Queensland Election Result". 18 November 2020.

Notes

  1. ^ Estimate two-party preferred count by Antony Green.