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Herbert

Herbert is a federal electorate in Queensland, held by Phillip Thompson of the Liberal National Party of Queensland since the 2025 election, by a margin of 13.41 points — a safe seat.

Member for Herbert

Phillip Thompson

Liberal National Party of Queensland

Their voting record and expenses →

The 2025 result

Final two candidates after preferences were distributed, from the election held 3 May 2025.

  • Phillip THOMPSONLNP63.41%62,374 votes
  • Edwina ANDREWAustralian Labor Party36.59%35,988 votes
Margin
13.41%
Safe
Two-party-preferred swing
-1.64%
to Australian Labor Party
Turnout
85.47%
121,280 enrolled

First preferences in 2025

How the seat voted before preferences were distributed. The Coalition is counted as one figure across its four registrations, and the Greens across both of theirs — in Victoria they contest as GVIC and elsewhere as GRN, which read as two separate minor parties if left unmerged.

  • Coalition48.7%
  • Labor23.0%
  • Minor parties13.7%
  • Greens9.4%
  • One Nation5.2%

Suburbs in Herbert

57 suburbs and localities have residents in this electorate. 2of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • Kirwan
  • Kelso (Qld)
  • Mount Louisa
  • Douglas (Townsville - Qld)
  • Burdell
  • Bushland Beach
  • Condon
  • Cranbrook (Qld)
  • Mount Low
  • North Ward
  • Aitkenvale
  • Rasmussen
  • Deeragun
  • Heatley
  • West End (Townsville - Qld)
  • Bohle Plains 97%
  • Mundingburra
  • Hermit Park
  • Townsville City
  • Railway Estate
  • Gulliver
  • Pimlico (Qld)
  • Currajong
  • South Townsville
  • Garbutt
  • Vincent
  • Palm Island
  • Belgian Gardens
  • Thuringowa Central
  • Rosslea
  • Jensen
  • Murray
  • Black River (Qld)
  • Hyde Park (Qld)
  • Nelly Bay
  • Bluewater
  • Rangewood
  • Bluewater Park
  • Castle Hill (Qld)
  • Mysterton
  • Pallarenda
  • Shaw
  • Yabulu
  • Cosgrove (Qld)
  • Horseshoe Bay
  • Rowes Bay
  • Saunders Beach
  • Picnic Bay
  • Arcadia (Qld)
  • Toolakea
  • Bohle
  • Hervey Range 34%
  • Mount St John
  • Beach Holm
  • West Point
  • Lynam
  • Town Common

Postcodes in Herbert

8 postcodes have residents in this electorate. 5of them also have residents in another one — the percentage is the share of that area’s Census population living here.

  • 4814 82%
  • 4818
  • 4817 90%
  • 4810 99%
  • 4815 99%
  • 4812
  • 4819
  • 4816 23%

Where this comes from

  • Results, margins and turnout are the AEC’s published 2025figures. The margin is derived — the winner’s two-candidate-preferred share minus 50 — and the seat status is the AEC’s own classification.
  • Suburbs and postcodes come from 2021 Census mesh blocks matched to CED_2025 boundaries, weighted by resident population rather than by area — otherwise a large, largely uninhabited postcode is assigned to whichever division holds the most empty land.
  • These are an approximation of the AEC’s legal boundaries, so close to a boundary they can differ. To confirm where you are enrolled, check the AEC.

Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 allocation files and 2021 Census Mesh Block Counts, © Australian Bureau of Statistics.