Division of Lyne

The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It was set up in 1949, and named for Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and a minister in early Australian governments.[2] Lyne was asked by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the first Federal Government. Lyne did not have the support of other politicians, and so Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister of Australia.

Lyne
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Lyne (green) within New South Wales
Created1949
MPDavid Gillespie
PartyNational
NamesakeSir William Lyne
Electors97,127 (2013)[1]
Area11,991 km2 (4,629.8 sq mi)
DemographicRural
William Lyne

The division is on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. It includes Taree, Wauchope, Laurieton, Wingham, Gloucester and parts of Kempsey.[2]

Members

Member Party Term
  Jim Eggins Country 1949–1952
  Philip Lucock Country 1952–1975
  National Country 1975–1980
  Bruce Cowan National Country 1980–1982
  National 1982–1993
  Mark Vaile National 1993–2008
  Rob Oakeshott Independent 2008–2013 (resigned)
  David Gillespie National 2013–present

Mark Vaile was the leader of the National Party, and Deputy Prime Minister. He retired in July 2008 which caused a by-election. Independent politician Rob Oakeshott won the seat, and after the 2010 election was one of the independents who supported a minority Labor government led by Julia Gillard. Oakeshott retired at the 2013 election.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Lyne[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National David Gillespie 46,661 43.51 −5.84
Labor Alex Simpson 23,024 21.47 −2.62
One Nation Josephine Cashman 8,502 7.93 +7.93
Greens Karl Attenborough 8,422 7.85 +1.34
Liberal Democrats Mark Hornshaw 6,824 6.36 +0.56
Independent Steve Attkins 5,574 5.20 +5.20
United Australia Joel Putland 4,421 4.12 +0.07
Independent Joanne Pearce 3,820 3.56 +3.56
Total formal votes 107,248 93.41 +2.48
Informal votes 7,563 6.59 −2.48
Turnout 114,811 92.22 −1.51
Two-party-preferred result
National David Gillespie 68,421 63.80 −1.37
Labor Alex Simpson 38,827 36.20 +1.37
style=background-color: Template:Australian politics/party colours/National | Template:Australian politics/name/National hold Swing −1.37

Division Of Lyne Media

References

  1. "NSW Division - Lyne, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Lyne (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  3. Lyne, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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Coordinates: 31°36′07″S 152°16′37″E / 31.602°S 152.277°E / -31.602; 152.277