Electoral district of Upper Hunter
| Upper Hunter New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
|---|---|
| File:Nsw electoral district upperhunter 2015.svg Location in New South Wales | |
| State | New South Wales |
| Dates current | 1856–1894 1904–1920 1927–present |
| MP | Michael Johnsen |
| Party | The Nationals |
| Area | 27,687.50 km2 (10,690.2 sq mi) |
Upper Hunter is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Michael Johnsen of the The Nationals.
Upper Hunter covers the entirety of Dungog Shire, Gloucester Shire, Muswellbrook Shire, Upper Hunter Shire, Liverpool Plains Shire (excluding the area around Werris Creek), the northern half of Singleton Shire (including Singleton itself), western Great Lakes Shire (including Stroud) and northeastern Mid-Western Regional Council (including Bylong).[1]
History
In 1859, Upper Hunter replaced the Electoral district of Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh, established in the first Parliament in 1856. It had two members from 1880 to 1894. It was abolished in 1894 and largely replaced by Robertson and Singleton. In 1904 Robertson was abolished and Upper Hunter was recreated. It was abolished from 1920 with the introduction of proportional representation, but was recreated in 1927.
Upper Hunter is one of three electorates to have never been held by the Australian Labor Party and always by the conservative side of politics since the abolition of proportional representation in 1927, the other two being Tamworth and Oxley. The The Nationals has held it without interruption since 1931.
Members for Upper Hunter
| First incarnation (1856–1880, 1 member) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John Robertson | None | 1859–1861 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Thomas Dangar | None | 1861–1864 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | James White | None | 1864–1868 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Archibald Bell | None | 1868–1872 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John Creed | None | 1872–1874 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Francis White | None | 1874–1875 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Thomas Hungerford | None | 1875–1875 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John McElhone | None | 1875–1880 |
| (1880–1894, 2 members) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John McLaughlin | None | 1880–1885 | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | John McElhone | None | 1880–1885 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Robert Fitzgerald | None | 1885–1887 | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Other| | Thomas Hungerford | None | 1885–1887 |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Free Trade| | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Free Trade| | John McElhone | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |
| rowspan="2" Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist| | Protectionist | 1889–1894 | Template:Australian politics/party colours/Protectionist| | William Abbott | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | |
| Template:Australian politics/party colours/Labor| | Thomas Williams | Labor | 1891–1894 | ||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Michael Johnsen | 18,384 | 38.9 | −15.6 | |
| Labor | Martin Rush | 15,387 | 32.5 | +14.3 | |
| Independent | Lee Watts | 9,170 | 19.4 | +19.4 | |
| Greens | John Kaye | 2,608 | 5.5 | −0.1 | |
| Christian Democrats | Richard Stretton | 1,003 | 2.1 | −0.3 | |
| No Land Tax | Louisa Checchin | 744 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,296 | 96.9 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,506 | 3.1 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 48,802 | 91.2 | +0.2 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Michael Johnsen | 20,496 | 52.2 | −20.8 | |
| Labor | Martin Rush | 18,764 | 47.8 | +20.8 | |
| National hold | Swing | −20.8 | |||
References
- ^ "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ State Electoral District of Upper Hunter: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
- ^ State Electoral District of Upper Hunter: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.