Ewen Thomas Jones (7 March 1960 – 13 July 2023) was an Australian politician representing the division of Herbert for the Liberal National Party from the 2010 federal election until the 2016 federal election.
[1][2] Jones won the division of Herbert in 2010,[3] achieving a 2.05% swing against the Labor candidate, former mayor of Townsville, Tony Mooney.
[3] On 18 July 2016, at the conclusion of vote counting for the 2016 election, Labor's Cathy O'Toole appeared to have defeated Jones by eight votes, triggering an automatic recount.
[5] The recount and subsequent distribution of preferences gave O'Toole a margin of 37 votes.
[6] It represented the first time that Labor had won Herbert since the 1993 federal election.