Division of Hughes

Hughes Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hughes (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1955
MP:	Craig Kelly
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Billy Hughes
Area:	178 km² (69 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Hughes is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1955 and is named for Billy Hughes, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1915-23. It is located in the southern and southwestern suburbs of Sydney, including Alfords Point, Bangor, Barden Ridge, Chipping Norton, East Hills, Engadine, Hammondville, Holsworthy, Illawong, Loftus, Lucas Heights, Menai, Milperra, Moorebank, Panania, Picnic Point, Revesby, Warwick Farm, Wattle Grove and Woronora and parts of Padstow, Jannali, Liverpool and Sutherland.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Les Johnson	Labor	1955–1966
	Don Dobie	Liberal	1966–1969
	Les Johnson	Labor	1969–1984
	Robert Tickner	Labor	1984–1996
	Danna Vale	Liberal	1996–2010
	Craig Kelly	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hughes

Australian federal election, 2010: Hughes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Kelly	42,424	49.15	+2.67
	Labor	Brent Thomas	32,611	37.78	-5.96
	Greens	Susan Roberts	5,430	6.29	+0.93
	Christian Democrats	Scott Nailon	2,112	2.45	-0.70
	One Nation	Peter Bussa	1,599	1.85	+1.85
	Family First	Stan Hurley	1,183	1.37	+0.45
	Liberal Democrats	Don Nguyen	948	1.10	+1.01
Total formal votes			86,307	93.48	-2.08
Informal votes			6,020	6.52	+2.08
Turnout			92,327	94.22	-1.83
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Kelly	47,619	55.17	+4.63
	Labor	Brent Thomas	38,688	44.83	-4.63
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.63

References

• Division of Hughes - Australian Electoral Commission