Federal electorate · House of Representatives · QLD

Groom

Current member

Garth Hamilton, Liberal National Party

Won at the 2025 federal election

LNP

Garth Hamilton, re-elected

Margin after preferences

5.7 pts

A marginal seat

Announced candidates, next election

None with a source so far

Next federal election

Candidates publicly announced or preselected so far.

No candidates have been announced for Groom yet.

Sitting member

Garth Hamilton (Liberal National Party) holds the seat, but no source yet confirms they'll recontest it, so they aren't counted above.

Where Groom is

Boundary used at the 2025 federal election, from the ABS. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, tiles by OpenFreeMap.

2025 federal election result

Bar colours show each candidate's party.

First preferences

Garth Hamilton (LNP)Elected42,30241.0%

Suzie Holt (IND)17,69417.1%

Richard Edwards (ALP)17,17216.6%

Rebecca Konz (ONP)9,8609.6%

Alyce Nelligan (GRN)5,7575.6%

Alexandra Todd (FF)3,8943.8%

Kirstie Smolenski (IND)3,7013.6%

Jamie Marr (TP)2,8392.8%

Bars show each candidate's share of formal first-preference votes on a 0–100% scale. Swing is the change in share, in percentage points, as published by the AEC.

After preferences (two-candidate preferred)

55.7%44.3%

Garth Hamilton (LNP)Suzie Holt (IND)

The vertical line marks 50%.

Margin 5.7 pts (LNP): marginal by the AEC's thresholds (under 6 points marginal, 6–10 fairly safe, over 10 safe). This describes this result, not a forecast.

Results as a table

Candidate	Party	Votes	First pref.	Swing
Garth Hamilton	LNP	42,302	40.98%	-2.7 pts
Suzie Holt	Independent	17,694	17.14%	+8.9 pts
Richard Edwards	Australian Labor Party	17,172	16.64%	-2.1 pts
Rebecca Konz	Pauline Hanson's One Nation	9,860	9.55%	-0.0 pts
Alyce Nelligan	The Greens	5,757	5.58%	-0.3 pts
Alexandra Todd	Family First	3,894	3.77%	+3.8 pts
Kirstie Smolenski	Independent	3,701	3.59%	-3.5 pts
Jamie Marr	Trumpet of Patriots	2,839	2.75%	+1.1 pts

Source: Australian Electoral Commission