Division of Riverina
The Division of Riverina is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in south-west rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley. It was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first Australian federal election in 1901. It was named after the Riverina region in which it is located.[2]
| Riverina Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Riverina (green) within New South Wales | |
| Dates current | 1901–1984, 1992–present |
| MP | Michael McCormack |
| Party | National |
| Namesake | Riverina |
| Electors | 100,116 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 61,435 km2 (23,720.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Rural |
The division includes the cities of Wagga Wagga and Griffith and the towns of Coleambally, Coolamon, Gundagai, Hillston,Junee, Leeton, Narrandera, Temora, Tumut, Tumbarumba and West Wyalong.[2] The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the division.
History
There was a by-election in Riverina in 1904. Robert Blackwood won the seat by only a few votes from John Chanter. The results were challenged in the courts and a new election was held in which Chanter won the seat. There was another by-election in 1965 after Hugh Roberton resigned.[3] In the 1984 the division was abolished and replaced by the Division of Riverina-Darling. In 1992 the division was re-created.
Originally the division included the Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar, but these are now in the divisions of Farrer and Parkes. This has made Riverina a safe National Party seat.
Members
| Riverina (1901–1984) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Chanter | Protectionist | 1901–1903 | |
| Robert Blackwood | Free Trade | 1903–1904 | |
| John Chanter | Protectionist | 1904–1909 | |
| Labor | 1909–1913 | ||
| Franc Falkiner | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1914 | |
| John Chanter | Labor | 1914–1916 | |
| National Labor | 1916–1917 | ||
| Nationalist | 1917–1922 | ||
| William Killen | Country | 1922–1931 | |
| Horace Nock | Country | 1931–1940 | |
| Joe Langtry | Labor | 1940–1949 | |
| Hugh Roberton | Country | 1949–1965 | |
| Bill Armstrong | Country | 1965–1969 | |
| Al Grassby | Labor | 1969–1974 | |
| John Sullivan | Country | 1974–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1977 | ||
| John FitzPatrick | Labor | 1977–1980 | |
| Noel Hicks | National Country | 1980–1982 | |
| National | 1982–1984 | ||
| Riverina (1993–present) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Noel Hicks | National | 1993–1998 | |
| Kay Hull | National | 1998–2010 | |
| Michael McCormack | National | 2010–present | |
Al Grassby was the Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government.
Election results
| 2022 Australian federal election: Richmond[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Justine Elliot | 28,733 | 28.80 | −2.91 | |
| Greens | Mandy Nolan | 25,216 | 25.27 | +4.95 | |
| National | Kimberly Hone | 23,299 | 23.35 | −13.51 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gary Biggs | 7,681 | 7.70 | +7.70 | |
| One Nation | Tracey Bell-Henselin | 4,073 | 4.08 | +4.08 | |
| United Australia | Robert Marks | 2,922 | 2.93 | −0.97 | |
| Independent | David Warth | 2,341 | 2.35 | +2.35 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Monica Shepherd | 2,271 | 2.28 | +1.10 | |
| Independent | Nathan Jones | 1,974 | 1.98 | +1.98 | |
| Independent | Terry Sharples | 1,274 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
| Total formal votes | 99,784 | 93.08 | +0.52 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,424 | 6.92 | −0.52 | ||
| Turnout | 107,208 | 90.37 | −0.45 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Justine Elliot | 58,104 | 58.23 | +4.15 | |
| National | Kimberly Hone | 41,680 | 41.77 | −4.15 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.15 | |||
Division Of Riverina Media
The region of Riverina, the division's namesake
John Chanter, Australian politician in c.1901
Robert Blackwood
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John Chanter, Australian politician in c.1901
w:en:Franc Falkiner, member of the Australian House of Representatives for Riverina and Hume
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John Chanter, Australian politician in c.1901
William Killen
Horace Nock
Joseph Langtry
Hugh Roberton
References
- ↑ "NSW Division - Riverina, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Riverina (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ Carr, Adam (2008). "By-Elections 1963-1965". psephos.adam-carr.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ Richmond, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.