- Division of Eden-Monaro
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Eden-Monaro
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Eden-Monaro (green) within New South WalesCreated: 1901 MP: Mike Kelly Party: Labor Namesake: Eden and Monaro Area: 29,499 km² (11,390 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the town of Eden and the Monaro district of southern New South Wales. Its boundaries have changed very little throughout its history, and it includes the towns of Batemans Bay, Bega and Cooma and the city of Queanbeyan. Until 1943 it was usually a non-Labor seat, but since then it has been consistently marginal. Since 1972 it has always been held by the government of the day, and it is thus regarded as a "bellwether seat".
Members
Member Party Term Austin Chapman Protectionist 1901–1909 Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1916 Nationalist 1916–1926 John Perkins Nationalist 1926–1929 John Cusack Labor 1929–1931 John Perkins United Australia 1931–1943 Allan Fraser Labor 1943–1966 Dugald Munro Liberal 1966–1969 Allan Fraser Labor 1969–1972 Bob Whan Labor 1972–1975 Murray Sainsbury Liberal 1975–1983 Jim Snow Labor 1983–1996 Gary Nairn Liberal 1996–2007 Mike Kelly Labor 2007–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Eden-MonaroAustralian federal election, 2010: Eden-Monaro Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labor Mike Kelly 37,225 43.61 +0.30 Liberal David Gazard 35,714 41.84 -2.87 Greens Catherine Moore 8,296 9.72 +1.91 Liberal Democrats Olga Quilty 1,152 1.35 +1.11 Independent Ray Buckley 1,019 1.19 +1.19 Family First Tom Gradwell 761 0.89 +0.18 Christian Democrats Ursula Bennett 637 0.75 -0.36 Independent Frank Fragiacomo 559 0.65 +0.65 Total formal votes 85,363 93.75 -2.52 Informal votes 5,690 6.25 +2.52 Turnout 91,053 94.39 -1.51 Two-candidate preferred result Labor Mike Kelly 46,300 54.24 +1.95 Liberal David Gazard 39,063 45.76 -1.95 Labor hold Swing +1.95 References
Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
- Australian electorates contested at every election
- South Coast, New South Wales
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