Division of Bonner

{{Infobox Australian Electorate

| federal = yes

| name = Bonner

| image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Australian Federal Electorates/Queensland (2019)/Bonner.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|overlay=80px|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom}}

| caption = Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election

| created = 2004

| mp = Kara Cook

| mp-party = Labor

| namesake = Neville Bonner

| electors = 113535

| electors_year = 2025

| area = 374

| class = Outer metropolitan

}}

The Division of Bonner is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland, located in the eastern suburbs of Brisbane, including the suburbs of Chandler, Carindale, Manly, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Wynnum. The current MP is Kara Cook of the Labor Party.

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.{{cite web |last1=Muller |first1=Damon |title=The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1718/Quick_Guides/FederalRedistributions |website=Parliament of Australia |access-date=19 April 2022 |date=14 November 2017}}

History

File:Neville Bonner 1979.jpg, the division's namesake]]

The division was created in 2004 and is named after Neville Bonner, the first Aboriginal Australian person to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate as a Queensland Liberal Senator.{{cite web | title=Profile of the electoral division of Bonner (Qld) | website=Australian Electoral Commission | date=19 November 2019 | url=https://www.aec.gov.au/profiles/qld/bonner.htm | access-date=24 October 2023}}

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. Then Ross Vasta re-took the seat for the LNP at the 2010 election. Vasta then remained the MP for Bonner until the 2025 Federal Election where he lost the seat to Labor's Kara Cook.

Members

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! Image ! Member ! Party ! Term ! Notes
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| 100px \| Ross Vasta {{small\|(1966–)}} \| Liberal \| nowrap \| 9 October 2004 – 24 November 2007 \| Lost seat
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| 100px \| Kerry Rea {{small\|(1963–)}} \| Labor \| nowrap \| 24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010 \| Lost seat
{{Australian party style\|Liberal}}\| \| 100px \| Ross Vasta {{small\|(1966–)}} \| Liberal{{efn\|name=lnp\|Member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland who sits with the parliamentary Liberal Party.}} \| nowrap \| 21 August 2010 – 3 May 2025 \| Lost seat
{{Australian party style\|Labor}}\| \| 100px \| Kara Cook \| Labor \| nowrap \| 3 May 2025 – present \| Incumbent

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! Image

! Member

! Party

! Term

! Notes

{{Australian party style|Liberal}}|

| 100px

| Ross Vasta
{{small|(1966–)}}

| Liberal

| nowrap | 9 October 2004 –
24 November 2007

| Lost seat