Bonner Australian House of Representatives Division
Created:	2004
MP:	Kerry Rea
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Neville Bonner
Electors:	90,381
Area:	358 km² (138 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Aborigine to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate as a Queensland Liberal Senator. Apart from Bonner there are only three other divisions which bear the names of Aboriginal people, Bennelong in New South Wales, Blair in Queensland and Lingiari in the Northern Territory.

The Division of Bonner is located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum. The seat had a notional Labor majority when it was created, but was won by the Liberal Party in 2004 by a slight margin. Kerry Rea regained the seat for Labor in 2007.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ross Vasta	Liberal	2004–2007
	Kerry Rea	Labor	2007–present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Bonner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kerry Rea	40,784	48.80	+6.05
	Liberal	Ross Vasta	35,031	41.91	-2.22
	Greens	David Wyatt	4,094	4.90	-0.03
	Family First	Stephen Gellatly	1,612	1.93	-2.43
	Fishing Party	Shane Boese	1,010	1.21	+1.21
	Democrats	Vicki Stocks	837	1.00	-0.40
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Charles	212	0.25	+0.25
Total formal votes			83,580	97.03	+2.67
Informal votes			2,558	2.97	-2.67
Turnout			83,580	95.31	+0.57
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Kerry Rea	45,576	54.53	+5.04
	Liberal	Ross Vasta	38,004	45.47	-5.04
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+5.04

Australian federal election, 2004: Bonner
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ross Vasta	34,334	44.13	+1.74
	Labor	Con Sciacca	33,261	42.75	-2.08
	Greens	Elissa Jenkins	3,836	4.93	+1.92
	Family First	Trevor Hunt	3,393	4.36	+4.36
	One Nation	Barry Myatt	1,436	1.85	-1.87
	Democrats	Chad Smith	1,090	1.40	-3.09
	CEC	William Raymond Wheeler	451	0.58	+0.58
Total formal votes			77,801	94.36	-1.35
Informal votes			4,651	5.64	+1.35
Turnout			82,452	94.74	-1.14
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Ross Vasta	39,298	50.51	+2.40
	Labor	Con Sciacca	38,503	49.49	-2.40
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+2.40

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