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8.2% swing to ALP
Preference count
Labor Party
Kara Cook
Vote: 54.8%
53,843
Liberal National Party
Ross Vasta (MP)
MPVote: 45.2%
44,343
- Kara Cook leads by 9,500 votes.
- Previously held by LNP with margin of 3.4%.
- Kara Cook first Labor win in seat since 2007.
- Ross Vasta loses marginal Brisbane seat.
First preference
LaborLabor Party
Kara Cook
- Vote:39.5%38,777Swing: +9.9%
LNPLiberal National Party
Ross Vasta (MP)
- Vote:35.5%34,862Swing: -9.3%
GreensGreens
Wen Li
- Vote:12.4%12,167Swing: -4.4%
One NationOne Nation
Christopher de Winter
- Vote:3.8%3,746Swing: -1.7%
Family FirstFamily First
Ross Dovey
- Vote:2.9%2,790Swing: +2.9%
Legalise CannabisLegalise Cannabis
Craig Hill
- Vote:2.5%2,479Swing: +2.5%
Trumpet of PatriotsTrumpet of Patriots
David Wright
- Vote:2.2%2,177Swing: +2.2%
LibertarianLibertarian
Shalini Bhasin
- Vote:1.2%1,188Swing: +1.2%
United AustraliaUnited Australia
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- Vote:0.0%0Swing: -3.3%
Brisbane Inner Eastern Suburbs
Marginal LNP 3.4%
MP
Ross Vasta (LNP/Liberal) since 2010, having previously represented the electorate 2004-2007.
Profile
Bonner is a seat in Brisbane's inner-eastern suburbs, south of the Brisbane River. It takes in the area between Creek Road, the South East Freeway, Moreton Bay and the eastern boundary of Brisbane City Council. From north to south it includes Wynnum, Manly, Lota, Tingalpa, Belmont, Carindale, Mansfield, Mount Gravatt, Wishart and Rochedale. The electorate also includes the Port of Brisbane and covers 374 square kilometres.
Background
Bonner is one of the parliament's newer seats, being first contested in 2004. It is named after Neville Bonner, a Liberal Senator for Queensland from 1971 to 1983 and the first Indigenous Australian to serve in the Commonwealth Parliament.
Bonner was a notional Labor seat on creation and was contested at its first election in 2004 by Labor's Con Sciacca. He had represented much of the area as member for Bowman over many years, but was defeated at Bonner's first contest by Liberal Ross Vasta. Like the rest of Queensland in 2004, Labor went backwards in Bonner.
After a term as the seat's first MP, Vasta was defeated in 2007 as Queensland swung strongly against the Howard government and helped put Queenslander Kevin Rudd in the Lodge.
First term Labor MP Kerry Rea then became a casualty of the large swing against Labor at the 2010 election, an above state average swing of 7.4% delivering Bonner back into the hands of former MP Ross Vasta.
Vasta increased his majority at the 2013 election as for the first time the voters of Bonner re-elected a sitting MP. He has maintained his grip on the seat at the three elections, but only in 2019 did Bonner move out of the marginal seat category.
Past Winning Parties
| Year | Winning Party |
|---|---|
| 2004 | LIB |
| 2007 | ALP |
| 2010 | LNP |
| 2013 | LNP |
| 2016 | LNP |
| 2019 | LNP |
| 2022 | LNP |
(Victories by a party of government are indicated by thick coloured underlining.)
2022 Polling Place Results
Bonner's 32 polling places split evenly at the 2022 election both Labor and the LNP recording majorities in 16. Labor's best result was 60.5% at the Southside Uniting Church in Mount Gravatt, the LNP vote reaching a highpoint of 67.0% at the Citipointe Christian College in Carindale.
(Click on polling place for results)
The LNP recorded only a narrow lead with 50.6% of the vote for votes cast on polling day, but built its winning majority thanks to polling 54.1% with Pre-Poll votes and 58.5% for Postals.
Past Results
The LNP's two-party preferred vote in Bonner may be lower than its vote in Queensland, but Labor's traditionally poor results in the state has allowed Bonner to stay on the LNP side of the electoral pendulum at six of the seven elections since it was first contested..
Results 1983-2022
2022 Preference Flows
2025 Candidates in Ballot Paper Order (8 Candidates)
| Candidate Name | Party |
|---|---|
| DOVEY, Ross | Family First |
| BHASIN, Shalini | Libertarian |
| VASTA, Ross | LNP |
| HILL, Craig | Legalise Cannabis Party |
| LI, Wen | The Greens |
| WRIGHT, David | Trumpet of Patriots |
| de WINTER, Christopher | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
| COOK, Kara | Australian Labor Party |
More on Candidates
Ross Dovey
Family First
Dovey is a retired instrumental teacher and musician. He has been married for 45 years and has four adult children. He was the Family First candidate for the local seat of Mansfield at last October's Queensland election.
Shalini Bhasin
Libertarian
Bhasin describes herself as a self-made businesswoman, entrepreneur and community leader as well as a long term resident of Gumdale. She has spent a decade in Government Audit and Risk Advisory in senior positions both at Federal and State level.
Ross Vasta
LNP
Vasta won the new seat of Bonner at the 2004 Federal election to become the seat's inaugural member. He was defeated on the election of the Rudd government in 2007 before returning to re-gain Bonner in 2010. He has been easily re-elected at four elections since. Before entering Parliament, Vasta graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Commerce and went on to manage a chain of Italian restaurants.
Craig Hill
Legalise Cannabis Party
Hill holds graduate and postgraduate qualifications in business, management and education. He lives in Carindale and works as a teacher, corporate trainer, business consultant and journalist.
Wen Li
The Greens
Wen Li is a first-generation immigrant who arrived in Brisbane at the age of 18 and has lived on the city's south side for 16 years. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Griffith University and is currently pursuing a Master of International Law at Griffith University. He has worked as a small business owner and employer in retail for over a decade and has extensive experience in both the public and private sectors of the international education industry.
Kara Cook
Australian Labor Party
Cook grew up in Yeppoon in Central Queensland and has lived in inner-Brisbane for many years. She established Australia's first specialised domestic violence law firm and preceding that was Principal Solicitor at the Women's Legal Service in Brisbane. She was elected to Brisbane City Council's Morningside Ward at a 2018 by-election, was re-elected in 2020 but resigned from Council in May 2023.
2022 Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Vasta | LNP | 43,191 | 44.8 | -4.7 |
| Tabatha Young | ALP | 28,491 | 29.6 | -1.5 |
| Bernard Lakey | GRN | 16,144 | 16.8 | +5.1 |
| Amanda Neil | ONP | 5,371 | 5.6 | +1.6 |
| Serge Diklich | UAP | 3,177 | 3.3 | +0.8 |
| .... | OTH | 0 | 0.0 | -1.2 |
| After Preferences | ||||
| Ross Vasta | LNP | 51,471 | 53.4 | -4.0 |
| Tabatha Young | ALP | 44,903 | 46.6 | +4.0 |