From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Division of Riverina is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in south-west rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley. It includes the towns of Wagga Wagga, Junee, Gundagai, Hay, Leeton and Griffith. The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the Division.
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 Riverina region in which it is located. In the 1984 redistribution, the Division was abolished and replaced by the Division of Riverina-Darling, but in the 1992 redistribution it was re-created. The Division covers a primarily agricultural area.
The seat is currently a safe Nationals seat, but was a much more marginal seat when it included the Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar which have now been transferred to Calare. The seat has previously been held by Al Grassby, Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government.
[edit] Members
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Riverina |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
National |
Kay Hull |
52,779 |
62.57 |
-4.47 |
|
Labor |
Peter Knox |
24,471 |
29.01 |
+4.48 |
|
Greens |
Ray Goodlass |
4,130 |
4.90 |
+0.58 |
|
One Nation |
Craig Hesketh |
1,837 |
2.18 |
-1.77 |
|
Citizens Electoral Council |
Gary Johnson |
1,141 |
1.35 |
+1.31 |
| Total formal votes |
84,358 |
96.17 |
-0.01 |
| Informal votes |
3,361 |
3.83 |
+0.01 |
| Turnout |
87,719 |
96.01 |
-0.31 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
National |
Kay Hull |
55,868 |
66.23 |
-4.62 |
|
Labor |
Peter Knox |
28,490 |
33.77 |
+4.62 |
|
National hold |
Swing |
-4.62 |
|
| Australian federal election, 2004: Riverina |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
National |
Kay Hull |
54,328 |
66.83 |
+5.38 |
|
Labor |
Victoria Brooks |
20,080 |
24.70 |
+0.70 |
|
Greens |
Ray Goodlass |
3,497 |
4.30 |
+1.87 |
|
One Nation |
Neil Turner |
3,389 |
4.17 |
-1.43 |
| Total formal votes |
81,294 |
96.44 |
+0.40 |
| Informal votes |
3,196 |
3.78 |
-0.40 |
| Turnout |
84,490 |
95.71 |
-0.23 |
| Two Candidate Preferred Result |
|
National |
Kay Hull |
57,440 |
70.66 |
+0.79 |
|
Labor |
Victoria Brooks |
23,854 |
29.34 |
-0.79 |
|
National hold |
Swing |
+0.79 |
|
[edit] References
[edit] External links
