Division of Flynn

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Flynn Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	Queensland
Created:	2007
MP:	Chris Trevor
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	John Flynn
Electors:	87,982
Area:	314,304 km² (121,353.5 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Flynn is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 2006, following a redistribution of seats in the state. It was first contested at the 2007 federal election. The electorate generally extends west from the port city of Gladstone, as far as the outback towns of Longreach and Winton. It was named after John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service ^[1].

1 Formation
2 Members
3 Election results
4 References

[edit] Formation

In June 2006 the Australian Electoral Commission announced that the new federal electorate in Queensland to be created for the 2007 election would be named Wright in honour of Judith Wright for her life as a "poet and in the areas of arts, conservation and indigenous affairs in Queensland and Australia".^[2] However, in September 2006 the AEC announced that, due to numerous objections from people fearing the name may be linked to disgraced former Queensland Labor MP Keith Wright, it would name the seat after John Flynn.

[edit] Members

At its creation the seat was notionally safe National Party territory. A strong swing towards Labor resulted in a very close election result. Labor's Chris Trevor ultimately prevailed.

Member		Party	Term
	Chris Trevor	Labor	2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Flynn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Trevor	35,892	44.76	+9.18
	National	Glenn Churchill	26,907	33.56	-13.34
	Liberal	Jason Rose	11,850	14.78	+12.32
	Family First	Matthew Drysdale	1,662	2.07	-2.39
	Greens	Marella Pettinato	1,577	1.97	-0.65
	Independent	Duncan Scott	807	1.01	+1.01
	Independent	Phillip Costello	761	0.95	+0.95
	Democrats	Julie Noble	535	0.67	-0.47
	Liberty and Democracy	Jarrah Job	196	0.24	+0.24
Total formal votes			80,187	95.95	+0.26
Informal votes			3,385	4.05	-0.26
Turnout			83,572	94.99	-0.57
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Chris Trevor	40,220	50.16	+7.88
	National	Glenn Churchill	39,967	49.84	-7.88
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+7.88

[edit] References

^ Electoral seat named after flying doctors' founder. ABC News. Retrieved on 2007-06-12.
^ Proposal for Queensland Federal Electoral Redistribution. Australian Electoral Commission (2006-07-23). Retrieved on 2007-02-11.

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