Division of Gilmore

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Gilmore
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1984
MP: Joanna Gash
Party: Liberal
Namesake: Mary Gilmore
Electors: 87,536
Area: 5,528 km² (2,134.4 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 mainly in the Shoalhaven region of New South Wales, as well as the southern part of Kiama, which is in the Illawarra. It takes in the towns of Kiama, Milton, Nowra, Culburra Beach, Ulladulla and Batemans Bay . It is a marginal seat, although at the 2001 election it produced the largest swing to the Liberal Party of any seat in Australia.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  John Sharp National 19841993
  Peter Knott Labor 19931996
  Joanna Gash Liberal 1996—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Gilmore
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Joanna Gash 40,513 50.39 -3.83
Labor Neil Reilly 30,386 37.79 +5.71
Greens Ben van der Wijngaart 6,070 7.55 +0.32
Christian Democrats Bohdan Brumerskyj 1,755 2.18 -1.71
Independent Of The Above None 686 0.85 +0.85
Family First Brett Greenhalgh 407 0.51 +0.51
Conservatives for Climate Simon Blake 370 0.46 +0.46
Liberty and Democracy Kevin Ramsey 151 0.19 +0.19
Citizens Electoral Council Warwick Hunt 59 0.07 -0.09
Total formal votes 80,397 95.79 +0.24
Informal votes 3,536 4.21 -0.24
Turnout 83,933 95.88 +0.61
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Joanna Gash 43,467 54.07 -5.34
Labor Neil Reilly 36,930 45.93 +5.34
Liberal hold Swing -5.34

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