Division of Eden-Monaro
| Eden-Monaro Australian House of Representatives Division |
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|---|---|
 Division of Eden-Monaro (green) within New South Wales |
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| Created: | 1901 |
| MP: | Mike Kelly |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Eden and Monaro |
| Electors: | 96,465 (2010) |
| Area: | 29,499 km² (11,390 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian electoral division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the town of Eden and the Monaro district of southern New South Wales. Its boundaries have changed very little throughout its history, and it includes the towns of Batemans Bay, Bega and Cooma and the city of Queanbeyan. Until 1943 it was held by the conservatives for all but three years, but since then it has been consistently marginal. Since 1972 it has always been held by the government of the day, and it is thus regarded as a "bellwether seat".
The seat will be contested at the 2013 election by the sitting member Mike Kelly for the Australian Labor Party and Peter Hendy for the Liberal Party of Australia.[1]
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (Sir) Austin Chapman | Protectionist | 1901–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1917 | ||
| Nationalist | 1917–1926 | ||
| John Perkins | Nationalist | 1926–1929 | |
| John Cusack | Labor | 1929–1931 | |
| John Perkins | United Australia | 1931–1943 | |
| Allan Fraser | Labor | 1943–1966 | |
| Dugald Munro | Liberal | 1966–1969 | |
| Allan Fraser | Labor | 1969–1972 | |
| Bob Whan | Labor | 1972–1975 | |
| Murray Sainsbury | Liberal | 1975–1983 | |
| Jim Snow | Labor | 1983–1996 | |
| Gary Nairn | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Mike Kelly | Labor | 2007–present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Eden-Monaro | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Mike Kelly | 37,225 | 43.61 | +0.30 | |
| Liberal | David Gazard | 35,714 | 41.84 | -2.87 | |
| Greens | Catherine Moore | 8,296 | 9.72 | +1.91 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Olga Quilty | 1,152 | 1.35 | +1.11 | |
| Independent | Ray Buckley | 1,019 | 1.19 | +1.19 | |
| Family First | Tom Gradwell | 761 | 0.89 | +0.18 | |
| Christian Democrats | Ursula Bennett | 637 | 0.75 | -0.36 | |
| Independent | Frank Fragiacomo | 559 | 0.65 | +0.65 | |
| Total formal votes | 85,363 | 93.75 | -2.52 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,690 | 6.25 | +2.52 | ||
| Turnout | 91,053 | 94.39 | -1.51 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Mike Kelly | 46,300 | 54.24 | +1.95 | |
| Liberal | David Gazard | 39,063 | 45.76 | -1.95 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +1.95 | |||
References
- ^ "Peter Hendy, Liberal for Eden-Monaro". Liberal Party of Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
