Division of New England

New England Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of New England in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Barnaby Joyce
Party	National
Namesake	New England
Electors	109,580 (2016)
Area	68,394 km² (26,407.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of New England is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is located in the north-east of the state, adjoining the border with Queensland. 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.

The division 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 current member since the 2013 federal election is Barnaby Joyce who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and leader of the National Party.

History

Historically, New England has been one of the most conservative seats in Australia. Only one Labor member has ever won it.

From 1922 to 2001, the seat was held by the National Party, and for most of that time it was comfortably safe for that party. However, between 2001 and 2013, it was represented by independent Tony Windsor. Windsor retired in 2013, and former Queensland Senator Joyce reclaimed it for the Nationals.

The seat's best-known member was Ian Sinclair, leader of the National Party from 1984 to 1989, a minister in the Menzies, Holt, Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives for a few months in 1998.

2015 abolition of Charlton

Under the original redistribution proposal in 2015, the Australian Electoral Commission announced it intended to abolish Hunter. Electors in the north of Hunter would have joined New England.^[1] Ultimately however, the Commission opted for a less radical proposal that saw Charlton abolished, Hunter pushed eastward to absorb most of Charlton's territory, and New England absorbing a few small areas in Hunter's north. Due to changing populations, overall New South Wales lost a seat while Western Australia gained a seat.^[2]

Members

	Party	Term
William Sawers	Protectionist	1901 –1903
Edmund Lonsdale	Free Trade	1903–1906
Francis Foster	Labour	1906–1913
Percy Abbott	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
Percy Abbott	Nationalist	1917–1919
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	2001–2013
Barnaby Joyce	National	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of New England

Australian federal election, 2016: New England^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	National	Barnaby Joyce	49,673	52.29	−1.42
	Independent	Tony Windsor	27,763	29.22	+29.22
	Labor	David Ewings	6,662	7.01	−6.79
	Greens	Mercurius Goldstein	2,775	2.92	−1.85
	Independent	Rob Taber	2,661	2.80	−9.77
	CountryMinded	David Mailler	1,337	1.41	+1.41
	Christian Democrats	Stan Colefax	1,317	1.39	−0.27
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Whelan	1,151	1.21	+1.21
	Independent	Philip Cox	856	0.90	+0.90
	Online Direct Democracy	Robert Walker	809	0.85	+0.85
Total formal votes			95,004	92.96	−1.03
Informal votes			7,196	7.04	+1.03
Turnout			102,200	93.27	−3.22
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Barnaby Joyce	63,100	66.42	−3.12
	Labor	David Ewings	31,904	33.58	+3.12
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Barnaby Joyce	55,595	58.52	−5.94
	Independent	Tony Windsor	39,409	41.48	+41.48
	National hold		Swing	N/A

References

↑ Australian Electoral Commission to abolish Federal NSW seat of Hunter: ABC 16 October 2015
↑ Green, Antony. "2015-16 New South Wales Federal Redistribution". Retrieved 16 June 2016.
↑ New England, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of New England - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Whitlam Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Charlton Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Throsby Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

New England region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions	New England Parkes

State electorates	Barwon Northern Tablelands Tamworth

Local government areas	Armidale Glen Innes Severn Gunnedah Gwydir Inverell Liverpool Plains Moree Plains Tamworth Tenterfield Uralla Walcha

Cities	Armidale Tamworth

Townships and villages	Ardglen Ashford Attunga Barraba Bendemeer Ben Lomond Bingara Black Mountain Bolivia Bonshaw Brackendale Breeza Bukkulla Bundarra Carroll Coolatai Croppa Creek Curlewis Dangarsleigh Deepwater Delungra Dorrigo Drake Dundee Dungowan Duri Ebor Elsmore Emerald Hill Emmaville Gilgai Glencoe Glen Innes Graman Gravesend Gunnedah Guyra Hanging Rock Hillgrove Inverell Invergowrie Jennings Kellys Plains Kelvin Kentucky Kootingal Kingstown Legume Limbri Liston Llangothlin Manilla Mingoola Mole River Moonbi Mount Russell Mullaley Niangala North Star Nowendoc Nundle Red Range Rocky River Sandy Flat Somerton Stannifer Stannum Stonehenge Tambar Springs Tenterfield Tia Tingha Torrington Upper Horton Uralla Urbenville Walcha Walcha Road Wallabadah Wandsworth Warialda Warialda Rail Weabonga Wellingrove Werris Creek Willow Tree Wollomombi Wollun Woolbrook Yarrowitch Yarrowyck Yetman

National parks and other conservation areas	Bald Rock Basket Swamp Boonoo Boonoo Bundarra-Barraba Important Bird Area Carrai Cathedral Rock Chaelundi Cottan-Bimbang Cunnawarra Ebor Falls Gibraltar Range Guy Fawkes River Kings Plains Kwiambal Little Llangothlin Nature Reserve Mummel Gulf New England Nowendoc Nymboida Oxley Wild Rivers Warrabah Washpool Werrikimbe

Rivers	Aberfoyle Apsley Back Barnard Beardy Blicks Blue Mountain Bobo Boonoo Boonoo Boyd Cells Chandler Chandlers Clouds Commissioners Cooplacurripa Curricabark Dyke Gara Georges Guy Fawkes Gwydir Hastings Kunderang Little Murray Little Nymboida Macleay Manning Maryland Moredun Mummel Nowendoc Nowlands Oaky Oban Rocky Rowleys Sara Severn Styx Tia Timbarra Tobins Towallum Urumbilum Walcrow Warnes Wollomombi Yarrow Yarrowitch

Ranges and mountains	Barren Ben Lomond Dorrigo Plateau Duval Grundy Hyland Moonbi Range Point Lookout Round Thunderbolts Range Tia Range Yarrowyck

Tourist attractions	Apsley Falls Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre Dangar Falls Ebor Falls Newell Falls Sherrard Falls Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre Wollomombi Falls

Coordinates: 30°19′08″S 151°18′54″E / 30.319°S 151.315°E / -30.319; 151.315

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