| 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 |
| Electors: | 91,395 |
| Area: | 58,463 km² (22,573 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, Glen Innes, Bundarra, 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. New England's most prominent member was Ian Sinclair, a long serving Country/National Country/National Party government minister and party leader.
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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, National | 1963–1998 | |
| Stuart St. Clair | National | 1998–2001 | |
| Tony Windsor | Independent | 2001–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: New England | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Tony Windsor | 52,734 | 61.94 | +7.24 | |
| National | Phil Betts | 19,850 | 23.31 | +2.54 | |
| Labor | Luke Brand | 8,368 | 9.83 | +0.65 | |
| Greens | Bruce Taylor | 2,892 | 3.40 | +0.06 | |
| One Nation | Brian Dettmann | 1,071 | 1.26 | -0.28 | |
| CEC | Richard Innes Witten | 225 | 0.26 | -0.32 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,140 | 97.12 | -0.09 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,522 | 2.88 | +0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 87,662 | 95.92 | -0.52 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Independent | Tony Windsor | 63,286 | 74.33 | +2.95 | |
| National | Phil Betts | 21,854 | 25.67 | -2.95 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +2.95 | |||
References
- Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
- The Poll Bludger
- ABC Elections
- Australian Electoral Commission
External links
- "Division of New England". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/n/newengland.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 187 kB)
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