Division of Eden-Monaro

Eden-Monaro Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Eden-Monaro (green) within New South Wales
Created:	1901
MP:	Mike Kelly
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Eden and Monaro
Area:	29,499 km² (11,390 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the town of Eden and the Monaro district of southern New South Wales. Its boundaries have changed very little throughout its history, and it includes the towns of Batemans Bay, Bega and Cooma and the city of Queanbeyan. Until 1943 it was usually a non-Labor seat, but since then it has been consistently marginal. Since 1972 it has always been held by the government of the day, and it is thus regarded as a "bellwether seat".

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Austin Chapman	Protectionist	1901–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1926
	John Perkins	Nationalist	1926–1929
	John Cusack	Labor	1929–1931
	John Perkins	United Australia	1931–1943
	Allan Fraser	Labor	1943–1966
	Dugald Munro	Liberal	1966–1969
	Allan Fraser	Labor	1969–1972
	Bob Whan	Labor	1972–1975
	Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	1975–1983
	Jim Snow	Labor	1983–1996
	Gary Nairn	Liberal	1996–2007
	Mike Kelly	Labor	2007–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Eden-Monaro

Australian federal election, 2010: Eden-Monaro
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Mike Kelly	37,225	43.61	+0.30
	Liberal	David Gazard	35,714	41.84	-2.87
	Greens	Catherine Moore	8,296	9.72	+1.91
	Liberal Democrats	Olga Quilty	1,152	1.35	+1.11
	Independent	Ray Buckley	1,019	1.19	+1.19
	Family First	Tom Gradwell	761	0.89	+0.18
	Christian Democrats	Ursula Bennett	637	0.75	-0.36
	Independent	Frank Fragiacomo	559	0.65	+0.65
Total formal votes			85,363	93.75	-2.52
Informal votes			5,690	6.25	+2.52
Turnout			91,053	94.39	-1.51
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Mike Kelly	46,300	54.24	+1.95
	Liberal	David Gazard	39,063	45.76	-1.95
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.95

References

• Division of Eden-Monaro - Australian Electoral Commission