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Gilmore
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Gilmore (green) within New South WalesCreated: 1984 MP: Joanna Gash Party: Liberal Namesake: Mary Gilmore Area: 4,878 km² (1,883 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Gilmore is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Dame Mary Gilmore, the poet and author. It is located in the Shoalhaven the southern Illawarra regions, extending from Warilla in the north to Durras in the south, then west including much of the, Budawang and Morton National Parks. Towns and suburbs include Berry, Bomaderry, Culburra Beach, Gerringong, Kangaroo Valley, Kiama, Milton, Minnamurra, Nowra, Shellharbour, Shell Cove, Sussex Inlet, Ulladulla and Warilla.
It is a marginal seat, although at the 2001 election it produced the largest swing to the Liberal Party of any seat in Australia. After redistribution it has become a notionally 0.3% ALP seat but with an incumbent Liberal member. For the 21 August 2010 Federal election the Greens preselected former RAAF Group Captain and Kiama Deputy Mayor Ben van der Wijngaart. The ALP preselected former advertising manager and Kiama councillor Neil Reilly after the resignation of the former candidate David Boyle after a revolt by local ALP branches. The Liberal candidate was the incumbent MP, Joanna Gash who entered parliament in 1996. Interestingly, both the Greens and the Liberal candidate were Dutch, and emigrated on the same ship as small children as immigrants after WWII (Joanna in 1950 from Grondingen and Ben in 1952 from Rotterdam. Both were 6 at the time). Gash retained the seat at the election.
Members
Member Party Term John Sharp National 1984–1993 Peter Knott Labor 1993–1996 Joanna Gash Liberal 1996–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of GilmoreAustralian federal election, 2010: Gilmore Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Joanna Gash 44,050 50.93 +5.15 Labor Neil Reilly 30,430 35.18 -6.83 Greens Ben van der Wijngaart 8,279 9.57 +1.49 Christian Democrats Bohdan Brumerskyj 2,310 2.67 +0.18 Family First Elizabeth Cunningham 781 0.90 +0.50 Liberal Democrats Don Keys 374 0.43 +0.28 Secular Annette Williams 275 0.32 +0.32 Total formal votes 86,499 94.89 -0.87 Informal votes 4,658 5.11 +0.87 Turnout 91,157 94.64 -1.17 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal Joanna Gash 47,850 55.32 +5.73 Labor Neil Reilly 38,649 44.68 -5.73 Liberal gain from Labor Swing +5.73 References
Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
- South Coast, New South Wales
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