Electoral district of Ballina

Ballina New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
State or territory:	New South Wales
Created:	1894, 1988
Abolished:	1904
MP:	Don Page
Party:	National Party of Australia
Namesake:	Ballina, New South Wales
Electors:	48,334
Area:	890 km² (344 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

Ballina is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Donald Page of the National Party of Australia.

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,246 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it will encompass all of Ballina Shire (including Ballina, Alstonville, Lennox Head and Wollongbar) and most of the populated areas of Byron Shire (including Byron Bay, Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, Suffolk Park, Brunswick Heads, South Golden Beach and Bangalow).

History

Ballina was originally created in 1894, when the three-member electorate of Richmond was divided into Richmond, Lismore and Ballina. In 1904, Ballina was replaced by Byron. In 1988, a recreated Ballina and Murwillumbah replaced Byron.

Members for Ballina

First incarnation (1894—1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Perry	Protectionist	1894—1901
		Progressive	1901—1904
Second incarnation (1988—present)
Member		Party	Term
	Don Page	National	1988—present

Election results

See also: Electoral results for the district of Ballina

New South Wales state election, 2011: Ballina
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Don Page	24,054	57.0	+2.6
	Greens	Simon Richardson	9,159	21.7	+2.3
	Labor	Toby Warnes	5,033	11.9	-11.2
	Independent	Karin Kolbe	2,296	5.4	+5.4
	Christian Democrats	Bruce Kemp	847	2.0	+2.0
	Family First	Nathan Willis	835	2.0	+2.0
Total formal votes			42,224	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			886	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			43,110	89.0	-0.9
Two-candidate preferred result
	National	Don Page	25,816	67.8	+3.3
	Greens	Simon Richardson	12,268	32.2	+32.2
	National hold		Swing	+3.3

External links

• "Ballina". New South Wales Electoral Commission. http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/profiles/district_profiles/ballina. Retrieved 2011-07-04.