Division of Newcastle

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Newcastle
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1901
MP: Sharon Grierson
Party: Labor
Namesake: Newcastle, New South Wales
Electors: 93,455
Area: 335 km² (129.3 sq mi)
Demographic: Provincial

The Division of Newcastle is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The Division is centred around the city of Newcastle, after which it is named.

The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The Division was named after the city of Newcastle, around which the Division is centred. The seat is currently a safe Labor seat. It has been held by the Australian Labor Party since it was created, and it is the only original Division to be held by just one party since the first Federal election.

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[edit] Members

The Division of Newcastle has had just five members since 1901, the fewest of any of the original Divisions. Indeed, up until 1958 the seat had been held by the Watkins family, son David taking over from father David in 1935. Allan Morris' brother Peter Morris was also a Member of the House, holding the Division of Shortland, which lies immediately to the south. Charles Jones' brother Sam was the member for Waratah in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for much of the time that he was the member. The electoral district of Waratah lay within the boundaries of the Division of Newcastle

Member Party Term
  David Watkins Labor 1901—1935
  David Oliver Watkins Labor 1935—1958
  Charles Jones Labor 1958—1983
  Allan Morris Labor 1983—2001
  Sharon Grierson Labor 2001—present

[edit] Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Newcastle
Australian federal election, 2007: Newcastle
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sharon Grierson 42,936 50.78 +5.21
Liberal Krysia Walker 21,611 25.56 -10.71
Greens Charmian Eckersley 8,463 10.01 -1.30
Independent Aaron Buman 6,343 7.50 +7.50
Family First Malcolm East 1,926 2.28 +2.12
Christian Democrats Milton Caine 1,064 1.26 +1.26
Democrats Aaron Johnson 891 1.05 -1.25
Independent Joel Curry 701 0.83 +0.83
Socialist Alliance Geoff Payne 333 0.39 -0.14
Socialist Equality Noel Holt 277 0.33 +0.33
Total formal votes 84,545 95.56 +0.75
Informal votes 3,930 4.44 -0.75
Turnout 88,475 94.67 -0.82
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Sharon Grierson 55,725 65.91 +6.82
Liberal Krysia Walker 28,820 34.09 -6.82
Labor hold Swing +6.82

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