Electoral district of Hill

Hill
QueenslandLegislative Assembly
Map of Hill, 2017
StateQueensland
Dates current2017–present
MPShane Knuth
PartyKatter's Australian Party
NamesakeDorothy Hill
Electors37,987 (2020)
Area19,752 km2 (7,626.3 sq mi)
DemographicRural
Coordinates17°44′33″S 145°19′08″E / 17.7426°S 145.3189°E / -17.7426; 145.3189
Electorates around Hill:
Cook Cook Mulgrave
Cook Hill Coral Sea
Traeger Traeger Hinchinbrook

Hill is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created in the 2017 redistribution, and first contested at the Queensland state election the same year. It was named after geologist Dorothy Hill.[1]

It is a new seat centered on the Atherton Tableland region, encompassing the coastal region around Innisfail, Tully and Babinda.[1] It was created largely out of the northern portion of the abolished seat of Dalrymple.

From results of the 2015 election, Hill was estimated to be a marginal seat for Katter's Australian Party with a margin of 4.9%.[2] Shane Knuth, the last member for Dalrymple, transferred to Hill and retained it for KAP on a large swing.

  1. ^ a b Queensland Redistribution Commission (26 May 2017). "Determination of Queensland's Legislative Assembly Electoral Districts" (PDF). Queensland Government Gazette. p. 207. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "2017 Queensland Redistribution". ABC Elections. Archived from the original on 4 November 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.