Division of Charlton

Charlton Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Charlton (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1984
MP:	Greg Combet
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Matthew Charlton
Area:	688 km² (266 sq mi)
Demographic:	Provincial

The Division of Charlton is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Matthew Charlton, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party 1922-28. It is located in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, including the coal-mining towns of Cardiff and Wallsend. It is a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. The current member, Greg Combet, Secretary of the ACTU won the seat of Charlton in the 2007 federal election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Bob Brown	Labor	1984–1998
	Kelly Hoare	Labor	1998–2007
	Greg Combet	Labor	2007–present

Main suburbs in the electorate

• Toronto
• Morisset
• Cooranbong
• Glendale
• Warners Bay
• Cardiff

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Charlton

Australian federal election, 2010: Charlton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Greg Combet	44,159	53.15	+0.09
	Liberal	John McDonald	25,514	30.71	-0.89
	Greens	Ian McKenzie	7,339	8.83	+0.75
	Independent	Patrick Barry	2,846	3.43	+1.94
	Christian Democrats	Mitchell Pickstone	2,341	2.82	+0.42
	CEC	Ann Lawler	881	1.06	+0.71
Total formal votes			83,080	93.08	-2.25
Informal votes			6,176	6.92	+2.25
Turnout			89,256	94.47	-1.53
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Greg Combet	52,064	62.67	-0.24
	Liberal	John McDonald	31,016	37.33	+0.24
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.24

References

• Division of Charlton - Australian Electoral Commission