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Kalgoorlie
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Kalgoorlie (green) in Western Australia as at the 2007 electionCreated: 1901 Abolished: 2010 Namesake: Kalgoorlie Electors: 80,773 Area: 2,295,354 km² (886,241 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Kalgoorlie was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Western Australia, named after the city of Kalgoorlie. The Division, which was proclaimed in 1900 as one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election, covered most of the land area of Western Australia, with a size of 2,295,354 square kilometres (886,241 sq mi) (an area the size of France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Poland and Great Britain combined).[1] It included the Goldfields-Esperance, Gascoyne, Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, in addition to the eastern and far northern parts of the Mid West region, and the town of Merredin. It was the largest single-member electorate by area in the world.
The division was abolished at the 2008 redistribution, effective from the 2010 Australian Federal Election. Its territory was absorbed into the existing division of O'Connor and the new division of Durack.[2]
Contents
Members
Member Party Term John Kirwan Free Trade 1901–1903 Charles Frazer Labor 1903–1913 Hugh Mahon Labor 1913–1917 Edward Heitmann Nationalist 1917–1919 Hugh Mahon Labor 1919–1920 George Foley Nationalist 1920–1922 Albert Green Labor 1922–1940 Herbert Johnson Labor 1940–1958 Peter Browne Liberal 1958–1961 Fred Collard Labor 1961–1975 Mick Cotter Liberal 1975–1980 Graeme Campbell Labor 1980–1995 Independent 1995–1996 Australia First 1996–1998 Barry Haase Liberal 1998–2010 Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of KalgoorlieReferences
- ^ Al Jazeera English - News - Australian Elections Explained
- ^ "Augmented Electoral Commission decides boundaries and names for Federal Electoral Divisions in WA". Australian Electoral Commission. 7 November 2008. http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Media_releases/2008/11_07.htm. Retrieved 13 November 2008.
External links
- "Division of Kalgoorlie". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/federal_elections/2007/Profiles/k/kalgoorlie.htm. Retrieved 7 September 2009. map
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in Western Australia Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern Territories Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
- Federal politics in Western Australia
- Goldfields-Esperance
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