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Riverina
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Riverina (green) within New South WalesCreated: 1901, 1993 Abolished: 1984 MP: Michael McCormack Party: National Namesake: Riverina Area: 61,435 km² (23,720 sq mi) Demographic: Rural 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 includes the cities of Wagga Wagga and Griffith as well as the towns of Junee, West Wyalong, Tumut, Gundagai, Hay and Leeton. The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the Division.
The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The Division was named after the Riverina region in which it is located. In the 1984 redistribution, the Division was abolished and replaced by Riverina-Darling, but in the 1992 redistribution it was re-created. The Division covers a primarily agricultural area.
The seat is currently a safe Nationals seat, but was a much more marginal seat when it included the Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar which have now been transferred to Farrer and Parkes. The seat has previously been held by Al Grassby, Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government.
Members
First incarnation (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 Nationalist 1916–1922 William Killen Country 1922–1931 Horace Nock Country 1931–1940 Joseph Langtry Labor 1940–1949 Hugh Roberton Country 1949–1965 Adam 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 Second incarnation (1993–present) Member Party Term Noel Hicks National 1993–1998 Kay Hull National 1998–2010 Michael McCormack National 2010–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of RiverinaAustralian federal election, 2010: Riverina Party Candidate Votes % ±% National Michael McCormack 39,389 44.77 -11.60 Labor Robyn Hakelis 19,559 22.23 -8.30 Liberal Andrew Negline 14,536 16.52 +12.10 Independent Matthew Hogg 5,148 5.85 +5.85 Greens David Fletcher 3,961 4.50 -0.27 Liberal Democrats Tim Quilty 1,703 1.94 +1.84 One Nation Craig Hesketh 1,411 1.60 -0.34 Christian Democrats Sylvia Mulholland 1,201 1.36 +1.21 Family First Rhonda Lever 1,081 1.23 +1.11 Total formal votes 87,989 94.24 -1.87 Informal votes 5,378 5.76 +1.87 Turnout 93,367 94.70 -1.05 Two-candidate preferred result National Michael McCormack 59,980 68.17 +3.62 Labor Robyn Hakelis 28,009 31.83 -3.62 National hold Swing +3.62 References
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