Nick Dametto

Nick Dametto MP
Deputy Leader of Katter's Australian Party
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2021
Leader	Robbie Katter
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Hinchinbrook
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 November 2017
Preceded by	Andrew Cripps
Personal details
Born	(1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 41) Ingham, Queensland, Australia
Political party	Katter's Australian

Nicholas Dametto (born 18 September 1983) is an Australian politician who has been the deputy leader of Katter's Australian Party (KAP) since 2021, and the member for Hinchinbrook in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017.^[1]

Background

Dametto was born in Ingham, and has worked within several industries, namely tourism as the previous owner of jet ski operator Townsville Watersports, sugar at the Victorian Mill and mining as a diesel fitter and boilermaker nationwide.^[2]

At the 2017 Queensland state election, Dametto was the Katter's Australian Party (KAP) candidate for the Hinchinbrook district. He finished third on the primary vote, behind the Liberal National Party and One Nation. However, he overtook One Nation for second place on Labor preferences, and then defeated LNP incumbent Andrew Cripps on One Nation preferences. Hinchinbrook had been in the hands of the LNP or the Nationals since 1960.^{[citation needed]}

In November 2021, Dametto was appointed as Deputy Leader to the party's leader Robbie Katter.^[3][4]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Hinchinbrook". Queensland Election 2017. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
2. Grace-Curran, Olivia (1 November 2017). "Katter Party announces candidate for Hinchinbrook". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
3. "Katter party appoints QLD deputy leader". 16 November 2021.
4. "KAP appoints Nick Dametto as new deputy leader". 16 November 2021.

External links

• Parliamentary Profile

Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Andrew Cripps	Member for Hinchinbrook 2017–present	Incumbent