Division of New England
| New England Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of New England (green) within New South Wales |
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| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Tony Windsor |
| Party: | Independent |
| Namesake: | New England |
| Area: | 59,344 km² (22,913 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of New England is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the north-east of the state, adjoining the border with Queensland. It includes such towns as Armidale, Ashford, Barraba, Bingara, Bundarra, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Guyra, Inverell, Manilla, Quirindi, Tamworth, Uralla, Werris Creek, Walcha and Tenterfield. The Division covers a largely rural area, with agriculture the main industry.
The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. It is named after the New England region in northern New South Wales. From 1922 to 2001, it was one of the safest seats in Australia for the National Party of Australia. However, since 2001, it has been represented by independent Tony Windsor.
The division's best-known member was Ian Sinclair, a long-serving Country/National Party minister and the leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| William Sawers | Protectionist | 1901–1903 | |
| Edmund Lonsdale | Free Trade | 1903–1906 | |
| Francis Foster | Labor | 1906–1913 | |
| Percy Abbott | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1916 | |
| Nationalist | 1916–1919 | ||
| Alexander Hay | Nationalist | 1919–1920 | |
| Country | 1920–1922 | ||
| Independent | 1922–1922 | ||
| Victor Thompson | Country | 1922–1940 | |
| Joe Abbott | Country | 1940–1949 | |
| David Drummond | Country | 1949–1963 | |
| Ian Sinclair | Country | 1963–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1982 | ||
| National | 1982–1998 | ||
| Stuart St Clair | National | 1998–2001 | |
| Tony Windsor | Independent | 2001–present | |
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2010: New England | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Tony Windsor | 56,415 | 61.88 | +5.13 | |
| National | Tim Coates | 22,991 | 25.22 | -0.32 | |
| Labor | Greg Smith | 7,414 | 8.13 | -2.77 | |
| Greens | Pat Schultz | 3,252 | 3.57 | +0.26 | |
| One Nation | Brian Dettmann | 794 | 0.87 | -0.29 | |
| CEC | Richard Witten | 306 | 0.34 | +0.08 | |
| Total formal votes | 91,172 | 96.46 | -0.57 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,347 | 3.54 | +0.57 | ||
| Turnout | 94,519 | 94.83 | -1.27 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Tony Windsor | 65,203 | 71.52 | -2.89 | |
| National | Tim Coates | 25,969 | 28.48 | +2.89 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | -2.89 | |||
[edit] References
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