Electoral district of Nicklin

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]

Nicklin Queensland—Legislative Assembly
Electoral map of Nicklin 2017
State	Queensland
Dates current	1986–present
MP	Robert Skelton
Party	Labor
Namesake	Frank Nicklin
Electors	35,007 (2020)
Area	686 km2 (264.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial
Coordinates	26°31′S 152°50′E
Electorates around Nicklin: Gympie Gympie Noosa Glass House Nicklin Ninderry Glass House Caloundra Buderim

Electoral map of Nicklin 2008

The seat is currently held by Robert Skelton of the Labor Party, who won the seat by just 0.1%, making it the second closest result of the 2020 Queensland election. Nicklin was previously held by long serving Independent member, Peter Wellington. Wellington's first vote in Parliament was to decide who would form government, the election having left the Labor Party one seat short of a majority. Wellington backed the formation of a minority Beattie Labor government.^[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–present

¹ Election declared void by the Court of Disputed Returns

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Nicklin

2020 Queensland state election: Nicklin^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal National	Marty Hunt	11,255	37.96	+6.26
	Labor	Robert Skelton	10,214	34.45	+9.29
	Greens	Sue Etheridge	3,702	12.49	+0.10
	One Nation	Michael Cardinal	1,900	6.41	−14.61
	Independent	Riccardo Bosi	1,387	4.68	+4.68
	Informed Medical Options	Allona Lahn	1,190	4.01	+4.01
Total formal votes			29,648	96.30	+0.74
Informal votes			1,138	3.70	−0.74
Turnout			30,786	87.94	+0.10
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Robert Skelton	14,866	50.14	+5.42
	Liberal National	Marty Hunt	14,782	49.86	−5.42
	Labor gain from Liberal National		Swing	+5.42

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2020 Queensland state election § Nicklin.[edit]

Primary vote results in Nicklin (Parties that have never gotten 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. 2020 State General Election – Nicklin – District Summary, ECQ.

External links

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