Division of Hunter
The Division of Hunter is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in northern rural New South Wales. It covers much of the Hunter Valley region, including the towns of Singleton, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Cessnock and Denman. The Division was one of the original 75 divisions created for the first Federal election in 1901. The Division was named after Captain John Hunter, the second Governor of New South Wales.
| Hunter Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Hunter (green) within New South Wales | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Dan Repacholi |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | John Hunter |
| Area | 20,111 km2 (7,764.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
In 2015 the Australian Electoral Commission said that the Division of Hunter would be abolished at the next election. Because of population changes, New South Wales loses a division, and a new one will be created in Western Australia. The boundaries of many NSW divisions will have to be changed, and the area covered by Hunter will be added to nearby divisions. Under AEC rules however, names of the original 1901 divisions should be kept, so the Division of Charlton will be renamed Hunter.[1][2]
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Sir) Edmund Barton | Protectionist | 1901–1903 | |
| Frank Liddell | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist | 1903–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| Matthew Charlton | Labor | 1910–1928 | |
| Rowley James | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| Lang Labor | 1931–1936 | ||
| Labor | 1936–1958 | ||
| H.V. Evatt | Labor | 1958–1960 | |
| Bert James | Labor | 1960–1980 | |
| Bob Brown | Labor | 1980–1984 | |
| Eric Fitzgibbon | Labor | 1984–1996 | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon | Labor | 1996–present | |
The seat has been held by the Labor since 1910. Famous members include the first Prime Minister Edmund Barton, and Opposition Leaders Matthew Charlton and Dr H.V. Evatt. Joel Fitzgibbon, Minister for Defence, took over the seat when his father, Eric Fitgibbon retired in 1996.
Election results
| 2022 Australian federal election: Hunter[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Dan Repacholi | 41,514 | 38.54 | +0.97 | |
| National | James Thomson | 29,540 | 27.42 | +3.95 | |
| One Nation | Dale McNamara | 10,759 | 9.99 | −11.60 | |
| Greens | Janet Murray | 9,562 | 8.88 | +2.01 | |
| Independent | Stuart Bonds | 6,126 | 5.69 | +5.69 | |
| United Australia | Geoff Passfield | 4,370 | 4.06 | −0.26 | |
| Animal Justice | Victoria Davies | 2,469 | 2.29 | −0.91 | |
| Independent | Scott Laruffa | 1,929 | 1.79 | +1.79 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Cathy Townsend | 1,458 | 1.35 | +1.35 | |
| Total formal votes | 107,727 | 92.37 | +1.34 | ||
| Informal votes | 8,901 | 7.63 | −1.34 | ||
| Turnout | 116,628 | 90.85 | −1.44 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Dan Repacholi | 58,200 | 54.03 | +1.05 | |
| National | James Thomson | 49,527 | 45.97 | −1.05 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.05 | |||
Division Of Hunter Media
John Hunter, the division's namesake
Edmund Barton - Swiss Studios (b&w)
Frank Liddell - Swiss Studios (cropped)
Matthew Charlton, Leader of the Opposition, c. 1925
Rowley James - Galloway (cropped)
Australian politician H. V. Evatt
A 1961 black and white portrait of Bert James, MHR for Hunter
Australian Minister of Defence w:en:Joel Fitzgibbon
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References
- ↑ Australian Electoral Commission to abolish Federal NSW seat of Hunter: ABC 16 October 2015
- ↑ Draft federal redistribution of New South Wales: Poll Bludger
- ↑ Hunter, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
Other websites
- Joel Fitzgibbon's website Archived 2012-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
| Division represented by the Prime Minister 1901 Edmund Barton |
Succeeded by Ballarat |