Electoral district of Hervey Bay

Hervey Bay Queensland—Legislative Assembly
300px Hervey Bay (2008—)
State	Queensland
Dates current	1992–present
MP	Ted Sorensen
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Hervey Bay
Electors	35,875 (2015)
Area	1,813 km2 (700.0 sq mi)
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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.

Members for Hervey Bay

Member		Party	Term
	Bill Nunn	Labor	1992–1998
	David Dalgleish	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	1998–1999
		Alliance1	1999–2001
	Andrew McNamara	Labor	2001–2009
	Ted Sorensen	Liberal National	2009–present

¹ The City Country Alliance was also known as One Nation Queensland.

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hervey Bay

Queensland state election, 2015: Hervey Bay

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	15,316	47.96	−11.27
	Labor	Tony Gubbins	10,088	31.59	+10.39
	Palmer United	Lynette Pearsall	3,469	10.86	+10.86
		Jannean Dean	1,216	3.81	+3.81
	Greens	Kristen Lyons	1,177	3.69	+0.24
	Family First	Axel Beard	669	2.09	+2.08
Total formal votes			31,935	97.65	−0.19
Informal votes			768	2.35	+0.19
Turnout			32,703	90.13	−0.92
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Ted Sorensen	16,334	56.62	−15.10
	Labor	Tony Gubbins	12,517	43.38	+15.10
	Liberal National hold		Swing	−15.10

External links

• Electorate Profile (Antony Green, ABC)