Electoral district of Orange
Orange New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location in New South Wales | |
State | New South Wales |
Dates current |
1859–1920 1927–present |
MP | Andrew Gee |
Party | National Party of Australia |
Namesake | Orange, New South Wales |
Area | 16,981.25 km2 (6,556.5 sq mi) |
Orange is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Gee of the National Party of Australia.
Orange is a regional electorate that covers four local government areas in their entirety. Namely, the City of Orange, Cabonne Shire, Parkes Shire and Forbes Shire.[1]
History
Orange was created in 1859. Orange and Hartley were absorbed into Bathurst, which elected three members under proportional representation, between 1920 to 1927. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recreated as single-member electorates.
While Orange itself occasionally favours Labor, the rest of the area tilts strongly toward National, a major reason Labor hasn't held the seat since 1947.
Members for Orange
Single member (1859–1880) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Saul Samuel | None | 1859–1860 | |
John Peisley | None | 1860–1862 | |
James Martin | None | 1862–1863 | |
Charles Cowper, Jr. | None | 1863–1864 | |
William Forlonge | None | 1864–1867 | |
George McKay | None | 1867–1869 | |
Saul Samuel | None | 1869–1872 | |
Harris Nelson | None | 1872–1877 | |
Edward Combes | None | 1877–1879 | |
Andrew Kerr | None | 1879–1880 |
Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
Andrew Kerr | None | 1880–1882 | William Clarke | None | 1880–1887 | ||
Thomas Dalton | None | 1882–1887 | |||||
Protectionist | 1887–1891 | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | ||||
James Torpy | Protectionist | 1889–1894 | |||||
Henry Newman | Labor | 1891–1894 |
Single member (1894–1920) | |||
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Henry Newman | Free Trade | 1894–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 | ||
Albert Gardiner | Labor | 1904–1907 | |
John Fitzpatrick | Liberal Reform | 1907–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
Second incarnation (1927–present) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Fitzpatrick | Nationalist | 1927–1930 | |
William Folster | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
Alwyn Tonking | United Australia | 1932–1941 | |
Bob O'Halloran | Labor | 1941–1947 | |
(Sir) Charles Cutler | Country | 1947–1975 | |
Garry West | Country, National | 1976–1996 | |
Russell Turner | National | 1996–2011 | |
Andrew Gee | National | 2011–present | |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Orange
New South Wales state election, 2011: Orange[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
National | Andrew Gee | 25,656 | 56.7 | +6.1 | |
Independent | John Davis | 7,261 | 16.0 | -7.6 | |
Labor | Kevin Duffy | 6,818 | 15.1 | -5.5 | |
Family First | Fiona Rossiter | 3,014 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Greens | Stephen Nugent | 2,538 | 5.6 | +0.3 | |
Total formal votes | 45,287 | 97.5 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 1,177 | 2.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 46,464 | 94.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Andrew Gee | 28,288 | 71.9 | +10.2 | |
Independent | John Davis | 11,054 | 28.1 | -10.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +10.2 | |||
References
- ↑ "Orange". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ↑ Antony Green. "2011 New South Wales Election: Analysis of Results" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 10 December 2011.