Division of Calare
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| Calare Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | New South Wales |
| Created: | 1906 |
| MP: | John Cobb |
| Party: | National |
| Namesake: | Lachlan River (Aboriginal name) |
| Electors: | 89,080 |
| Area: | 237,325 km² (91,631.7 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Calare is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was first contested at the 1906 election (it was created to replace the abolished Division of Canobolas) and is named for the local Aboriginal name for the Lachlan River, part of which was in the Division on its original boundaries. (The name should be pronounced Kal-ah-ree, but the pronunciation Kul-air is established.)
As of the 2006 redistribution, Calare takes in Forbes, Orange, Parkes, Cowra, Grenfell and the vast north-west of New South Wales, stretching from Brewarrina to Menindee. Calare is now New South Wales's largest electorate. Calare is held by National Party representative John Cobb since the 2007 election. Cobb had previously represented the Division of Parkes, parts of which were redistributed into Calare in 2006.
The division originally encompassed Forbes, Orange and Parkes. Subsequent boundary changes moved it eastwards and until the 2006 redistribution the cities of Bathurst, Lithgow and Oberon (now in the neighbouring Macquarie) were part of the electorate. On these boundaries it was a marginal seat between the Australian Labor Party (which held it 1983-96) and the National Party, but it was held comfortably by an independent, Peter Andren, from 1996 to 2007. Andren was not a candidate for the 2007 election: he intended to run for a Senate seat but was diagnosed with cancer in 2007 and died during the election campaign.[1]
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Calare | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National | John Cobb | 39,941 | 48.48 | +10.06 | |
| Labor | Michael Allen | 20,266 | 24.60 | +4.76 | |
| Independent | Gavin Priestley | 19,035 | 23.10 | +23.10 | |
| Greens | Jeremy Buckingham | 2,351 | 2.85 | +0.17 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | David John Simpson | 794 | 0.96 | +0.13 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,387 | 96.56 | +0.19 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,933 | 3.44 | -0.19 | ||
| Turnout | 85,320 | 95.78 | -0.80 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| National | John Cobb | 51,124 | 62.05 | +0.64 | |
| Labor | Michael Allen | 31,263 | 37.95 | -0.64 | |
| National hold | Swing | +0.64 | |||
[edit] References
- ^ Andren dies after four-month illness. ABC News (November 2, 2007).
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