State/Territory: Queensland

Date Name & Boundary Gazetted: 27 March 2018

First Election This Name Was Used At: 2007 federal election

First Election This Boundary Was Used At: 2019 federal election

Name Derivation: Named in honour of the Reverend John Flynn OBE, 1880–1951, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, who, in the early days of flying and also of radio harnessed both to the relief of suffering and the saving of lives in the remote regions of Queensland and, ultimately, Australia.

Square Area: 132, 824 Sq Km

Location Description: The Division of Flynn consists of: Banana Shire Council, Central Highlands Regional Council, Gladstone Regional Council, North Burnett Regional Council, Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council, part of the Bundaberg Regional Council, part of the Rockhampton Regional Council, and part of the South Burnett Regional Council. 

Demographic Rating: Rural – outside capital cities and without majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.