- Division of Lyne
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Lyne
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lyne (green) within New South WalesCreated: 1949 MP: Rob Oakeshott Party: Independent Namesake: Sir William Lyne Area: 11,991 km² (4,630 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division located in the State of New South Wales. It lies on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and includes the Local Government Areas of Gloucester, Greater Taree, Port Macquarie-Hastings and southern Kempsey. Major population centres include Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Laurieton, Wingham, Gloucester and parts of Kempsey.
The seat is named after Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and subsequently a minister in early Australian conservative governments. William Lyne was commissioned by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the inaugural Federal Government. He was unable to attract sufficient support to form a cabinet and returned the commission. The unsuccessful commissioning of Lyne is known as The Hopetoun Blunder.
The Division of Lyne was created in a redistribution in 1949 and has been represented by the Australian Country Party and its subsequent derivatives the National Country Party and the National Party of Australia since its inception. This reflects the area's history as a strongly conservative and rural region. The area has recently undergone significant demographic changes with the arrival of a large number of retired people and city dwellers seeking a sea-change. Despite these changes the Australian Labor Party has made little headway in increasing its vote.
In 1993, after the exclusion of minor candidates, the National's Mark Vaile led over the Liberals by only 233 votes.[1]
Vaile retired in July 2008 which triggered a Lyne by-election. The seat was lost to independent candidate Rob Oakeshott.
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Members
Member Party Term James Eggins Country 1949–1952 Philip Lucock Country 1952–1975 National Country 1975–1980 Bruce Cowan National Country 1980–1982 National 1982–1993 Mark Vaile National 1993–2008 Rob Oakeshott Independent 2008–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of LyneAustralian federal election, 2010: Lyne Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Rob Oakeshott 40,061 47.15 +47.15 National David Gillespie 29,216 34.39 -15.74 Labor Frederik Lips 11,459 13.49 -18.49 Greens Ian Oxenford 3,645 4.29 -2.75 Independent Barry Wright 586 0.69 -0.50 Total formal votes 84,967 96.27 +1.30 Informal votes 3,294 3.73 -1.30 Turnout 88,261 95.35 -0.24 Two-candidate preferred result Independent Rob Oakeshott 53,297 62.73 +62.73 National David Gillespie 31,670 37.27 -21.53 Independent hold Swing +21.53 References
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