Electoral district of Nicklin

Nicklin Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Nicklin 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1986–present
MP	Marty Hunt
Party	Liberal National
Namesake	Frank Nicklin
Electors	35,007 (2020)
Area	686 km2 (264.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	26°31′S152°50′E / 26.517°S 152.833°E / -26.517; 152.833
Electorates around Nicklin: Gympie Gympie Noosa Glass House Nicklin Ninderry Glass House Caloundra Buderim

Electoral map of Nicklin 2008

Nicklin is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. The electorate is centred in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, and stretches north to Black Mountain, south to Palmwoods and Montville, and west to Kenilworth, including Conondale National Park. It includes notable localities such as Nambour, Yandina, Cooroy, Bli Bli, Mapleton and Woombye. ^[1]

The seat is currently held by Marty Hunt of the Liberal National Party, who won the seat by 2.7% in 2024. Nicklin was previously held by long serving Independent MP Peter Wellington, who held the balance of power twice during his tenure. ^[2]

Members for Nicklin

Member		Party	Term
	Brian Austin	National	1986–1989
	Bob King	Liberal	1989–1990
	Neil Turner	National	1990–1998
	Peter Wellington	Independent	1998–2017
	Marty Hunt	Liberal National	2017–2020
	Robert Skelton	Labor	2020–2024
	Marty Hunt	Liberal National	2024–present

¹ Election declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Nicklin

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Queensland state election § Nicklin.[ edit ]

2024 Queensland state election: Nicklin ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Marty Hunt	12,379	37.84	−0.06
	Labor	Robert Skelton	9,745	29.79	−4.71
	Greens	Sue Etheridge	3,292	10.06	−2.44
	Legalise Cannabis	Melody Lindsay	2,506	7.66	+7.66
	One Nation	Rebecca McCosker	2,401	7.34	+0.94
	Family First	Phillip Eschler	1,519	4.64	+4.64
	Independent	Steve Dickson	875	2.67	+2.67
Total formal votes			32,717	95.22
Informal votes			1,644	4.78
Turnout			34,361	87.70
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal National	Marty Hunt	17,240	52.69	+2.79
	Labor	Robert Skelton	15,477	47.31	−2.79
	Liberal National gain from Labor		Swing	+2.79

Primary vote results in Nicklin (Parties with less than 5% of the vote are omitted)

  Liberal National

  Liberal

  National

  Labor

  One Nation

  Greens

  Katter's Australian

  Australian Democrats

  Independent

Two-candidate-preferred vote results in Nicklin

References

1. "2017 Queensland state electoral district of Nicklin" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Queensland. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 March 2018. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
2. "Representatives of Queensland State Electorates 1860-2017" (PDF). Queensland Parliamentary Record 2012-2017: The 55th Parliament. Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 April 2020.
3. "Nicklin - QLD Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 27 October 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

External links

• Green, Antony. "Electorate Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.