Nick Dametto

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.

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.

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.

In November 2021, Dametto was appointed as Deputy Leader to the party's leader Robbie Katter.