2025 Hinchinbrook state by-election
29 November 2025
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Electoral district of Hinchinbrook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 39,818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 77.81% ( 10.15) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Hinchinbrook state by-election was held on 29 November 2025 to elect the member for Hinchinbrook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly, following the resignation of Katter's Australian Party (KAP) MP Nick Dametto.
Dametto, who had served as the member for Hinchinbrook since 2017, announced his resignation on 26 September 2025 in order to contest a by-election for Townsville mayor. Under Queensland law, candidates running for local government positions cannot be a member of a state or federal parliament.
Liberal National Party (LNP) candidate Wayde Chiesa won the by-election. It was the first time a sitting Queensland government has gained a seat in a by-election since Mulgrave in 1998.