| Bonner AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision | |||||||||||||||
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  Interactive map of boundaries since the2019 federal election | |||||||||||||||
| Created | 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Kara Cook | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Neville Bonner | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 113,535 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 374 km2 (144.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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TheDivision of Bonner is anAustralian Electoral Division inQueensland, located in the eastern suburbs ofBrisbane, including the suburbs ofChandler,Carindale,Manly,Mansfield,Mount Gravatt,Wishart andWynnum. The current MP isKara Cook of theLabor Party.
Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian 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.[1]
The division was created in 2004 and is named afterNeville Bonner, the firstAboriginal Australian person to serve in the Australian Parliament. Bonner served in the federal Senate as a Queensland Liberal Senator.[2]
The seat had a notionalLabor majority when it was created, but was won by theLiberal Party in2004 by a slight margin.Kerry Rea regained the seat for Labor in2007. ThenRoss Vasta re-took the seat for theLNP at the2010 election. Vasta then remained the MP for Bonner until the2025 Federal Election where he lost the seat to Labor'sKara Cook.
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ross Vasta (1966–) | Liberal | 9 October 2004 – 24 November 2007 | Lost seat | |
 | Kerry Rea (1963–) | Labor | 24 November 2007 – 21 August 2010 | Lost seat | |
| Ross Vasta (1966–) | Liberal[a] | 21 August 2010 – 3 May 2025 | Lost seat | |
 | Kara Cook | Labor | 3 May 2025 – present | Incumbent |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Kara Cook | 39,154 | 39.51 | +9.95 | |
| Liberal National | Ross Vasta | 35,156 | 35.47 | −9.35 | |
| Greens | Wen Li | 12,314 | 12.43 | −4.32 | |
| One Nation | Christopher de Winter | 3,784 | 3.82 | −1.75 | |
| Family First | Ross Dovey | 2,811 | 2.84 | +2.84 | |
| Legalise Cannabis | Craig Hill | 2,497 | 2.52 | +2.52 | |
| Trumpet of Patriots | David Wright | 2,187 | 2.21 | +2.21 | |
| Libertarian | Shalini Bhasin | 1,203 | 1.21 | +1.21 | |
| Total formal votes | 99,106 | 95.57 | −1.93 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,597 | 4.43 | +1.93 | ||
| Turnout | 103,703 | 91.37 | +0.80 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Kara Cook | 54,506 | 55.00 | +8.41 | |
| Liberal National | Ross Vasta | 44,600 | 45.00 | −8.41 | |
| Laborgain fromLiberal National | Swing | +8.41 | |||
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