Division of Barker

The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia. The division was created in 1903 and is named for Collet Barker, an early explorer of the region at the mouth of the Murray River. It has always been based in the south-eastern rural areas of South Australia, centered on Bordertown and Mount Gambier, but in recent years its boundaries have been extended to the north to include Riverland towns such as Renmark. Barker has always been a safe seat for the conservative parties, and has been held continuously since 1949 by the Liberal Party. Its most prominent members have been Archie Cameron, a leader of the Country Party and later Speaker of the House and Ian McLachlan, a Cabinet minister in the Howard government.

[edit] Members

Member	Party affiliation	Period
Hon Sir Langdon Bonython	Protectionist	1903-06
John Livingston	Anti-Socialist, Liberal, Nationalist	1906-22
Malcolm Cameron	Liberal, Nationalist, UAP	1922-34
Hon Archie Cameron	Country Party, UAP, Liberal	1934-56
Hon Dr Jim Forbes	Liberal	1956-75
James Porter	Liberal	1975-90
Hon Ian McLachlan	Liberal	1990-98
Patrick Secker	Liberal	1998-

Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia
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