Division of Mitchell
| Mitchell Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Mitchell (green) in New South Wales |
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| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Alex Hawke |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | Sir Thomas Mitchell |
| Area: | 101 km² (39 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Mitchell is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the north-west suburbs of Sydney, and includes the entire suburbs of Baulkham Hills, Beaumont Hills, Bella Vista, Box Hill, Kellyville, Nelson and Winston Hills. The division also includes parts of Castle Hill, North Rocks, Northmead, Maraylya, Rouse Hill and West Pennant Hills.
The Division is named after Major Thomas Mitchell, surveyor and explorer who was the first European to explore large areas of New South Wales and Victoria. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11, 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. The majority of the electorate is fairly conservative, with the seat currently safe for the Liberal. However the most southern suburbs of Winston Hills and Northmead located in the Parramatta LGA possess bellweather tendencies and have been won by Labor at high-tide elections such as at the 2007 federal election.
The current member is Alex Hawke, the deputy chair of the Joint Select Committee on Cyber-Safety.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Roy Wheeler | Liberal | 1949–1961 | |
| John Armitage | Labor | 1961–1963 | |
| Leslie Irwin | Liberal | 1963–1972 | |
| Alfred Ashley-Brown | Labor | 1972–1974 | |
| Alan Cadman | Liberal | 1974–2007 | |
| Alex Hawke | Liberal | 2007–present | |
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Mitchell | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alex Hawke | 52,465 | 62.66 | +7.87 | |
| Labor | Nigel Gould | 22,046 | 26.33 | -6.71 | |
| Greens | Colin Dawson | 6,363 | 7.60 | +2.32 | |
| Christian Democrats | Brendon Prentice | 2,855 | 3.41 | +0.82 | |
| Total formal votes | 83,729 | 94.42 | -1.51 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,952 | 5.58 | +1.51 | ||
| Turnout | 88,681 | 94.76 | -0.21 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Alex Hawke | 56,229 | 67.16 | +7.51 | |
| Labor | Nigel Gould | 27,500 | 32.84 | -7.51 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +7.51 | |||
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