Division of Grey

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Grey
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: South Australia
Created: 1903
MP: Rowan Ramsey
Party: Liberal
Namesake: George Grey
Electors: 98,074
Area: 904,881 km² (349,376.5 sq mi)
Demographic: Rural

The Division of Grey is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia.

The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia 1841-45 (and later Prime Minister of New Zealand).

The division covers the rural mid-north and north of South Australia, spanning 92% of the state (approx. 904,881 square kilometres). The borders of the electorate include the Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, in addition to much of the southern coastal border. The electorate spans to Marion Bay and Eudunda in the south. The main population centres of the electorate include Ceduna, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy, Port Pirie, Kadina, Maitland, Orroroo, Peterborough, Burra and Eudunda.

Grey was held by the Australian Labor Party for much of its history, but redistributions (such as the latest inclusion of Yorke Peninsula) and the decline of the Labor vote in the mining and pastoral areas, due to the closure of many mining operations, has made it today a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Alexander Poynton Labor 1903—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1922
  Andrew Lacey Labor 1922—1931
  Philip McBride United Australia 1931—1937
  Albert Badman Country 1937—1940
  United Australia 1940—1943
  Edgar Russell Labor 1943—1963
  Jack Mortimer Labor 1963—1966
  Don Jessop Liberal 1966—1969
  Laurie Wallis Labor 1969—1983
  Lloyd O'Neil Labor 1983—1993
  Barry Wakelin Liberal 1993—2007
  Rowan Ramsey Liberal 2007—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Rowan Ramsey 42,132 47.26 -9.24
Labor Karin Bolton 34,466 38.66 +8.35
Family First Mal Holland 4,009 4.50 -0.55
Greens Rosalie Garland 3,669 4.12 +0.82
National Wilbur Klein 2,725 3.06 +3.06
Democrats Gil Robertson 1,094 1.23 -1.11
Independent David Wright 1,050 1.18 +1.18
Total formal votes 89,145 95.75 +0.80
Informal votes 3,961 4.25 -0.80
Turnout 93,106 94.93 +0.74
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Rowan Ramsey 48,522 54.43 -9.39
Labor Karin Bolton 40,623 45.57 +9.39
Liberal hold Swing -9.39
Australian federal election, 2004: Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Barry Wakelin 49,155 56.49 +2.01
Labor John Hackett 26,375 30.31 -0.86
Family First Roger Kleinig 4,397 5.05 +5.05
Greens Felicity Martin 2,872 3.30 +0.87
Democrats Gil Robertson 2,036 2.34 -2.46
One Nation Peter Fitzpatrick 1,903 2.19 -4.93
Citizens Electoral Council Paul Siebert 270 0.31 +0.31
Total formal votes 87,008 94.95 -0.28
Informal votes 4,631 5.05 +0.28
Turnout 91,639 94.19 -0.99
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Barry Wakelin 55,528 63.82 +3.17
Labor John Hackett 31,480 36.18 -3.17
Liberal hold Swing +3.17

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