Hinkler federal election 2025: live updates, results and latest news
Hinkler voters will today decide who will represent them in the next federal government. Follow live results here.
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Follow live results as Hinkler voters have their say in the 2025 federal election.
The LNP’s Keith Pitt held the seat from 2013-2025, retaining it at the 2022 election with a 10.1 per cent margin on a two-party-preferred basis, but has now retired from politics.
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Hinkler takes in the cities of Bundaberg and Hervey Bay, as well as the parts of the Fraser Coast and North Burnett including Childers, Booyall, Howard, and Torbanlea.
There are seven candidates this election, including Andrew McLean (Greens), David Batt (LNP), Michael O’Brien (Independent), Trish Mears (Labor), Kerry Petrus (Family First), Tyler Carman (Pauline Hanson’s One Nation), and Robert Blohberger (Trumpet of Patriots).
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Originally published as Hinkler federal election 2025: live updates, results and latest news
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