Division of Barker

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Barker
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: South Australia
Created: 1903
MP: Patrick Secker
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Collet Barker
Electors: 102,626
Area: 64,015 km² (24,716.3 sq mi)
Demographic: Rural

The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of 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 the Liberal Party of Australia's creation in 1944. 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 Term
  Langdon Bonython Protectionist 1903—1906
  John Livingston Anti-Socialist 1906—1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1922
  Malcolm Cameron Nationalist 1922—1934
  United Australia 1931—1934
  Archie Cameron Country 1934—1940
  United Australia 1940—1944
  Liberal 1944—1951
  Liberal & Country 1951—1954
  Liberal 1954—1956
  Jim Forbes Liberal 1956—1975
  James Porter Liberal 1975—1990
  Ian McLachlan Liberal 1990—1998
  Patrick Secker Liberal 1998—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Barker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick Secker 44,329 46.81 -6.36
Labor Karen Lock 38,475 30.07 +8.60
National Deb Thiele 9,695 10.24 -0.35
Family First Phil Cornish 5,418 5.72 -0.10
Greens Andrew Jennings 4,796 5.06 +0.98
Democrats Justin Sneath 1,984 2.10 +0.62
Total formal votes 94,697 96.15 +2.02
Informal votes 3,793 3.85 -2.02
Turnout 98,490 95.97 +0.49
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Patrick Secker 56,301 59.45 -10.43
Labor Karen Lock 38,396 40.55 +10.43
Liberal hold Swing -10.43
Australian federal election, 2004: Barker
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Patrick Secker 48,233 53.17 -2.95
Labor Waluwe Simpson-Lyttle 19,478 21.47 -2.01
National Tim Jackson 9,611 10.59 +10.59
Family First Philip Cornish 5,276 5.82 +5.82
Greens Pam Kelly 3,704 4.08 +0.98
Independent Rodger N Schmidt 1,572 1.73 +1.73
One Nation Neil Russell-Taylor 1,501 1.65 -6.24
Democrats Graham McNaughton 1,339 1.48 -4.66
Total formal votes 90,714 94.13 -0.34
Informal votes 5,662 5.87 +0.34
Turnout 96,376 95.48 -0.85
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Patrick Secker 63,392 69.88 +3.25
Labor Waluwe Simpson-Lyttle 27,322 30.12 -3.25
Liberal hold Swing +3.25

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