Division of Eden-Monaro
Eden-Monaro Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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![]() Division of Eden-Monaro in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
Created | 1901 |
MP | Kristy McBain |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Eden and Monaro |
Electors | 114,244 (2020) |
Area | 41,617 km2 (16,068.4 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
The previous member, Mike Kelly resigned due to ill health on 30 April 2020. The seat was filled at a by-election on 4 July 2020.
History[]
The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be 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 Yass, Bega and Cooma and the city of Queanbeyan. It completely surrounds the Australian Capital Territory.
Until 1943 the seat was held by non-Labor parties for all but three years. Since then, it has been consistently marginal, though it was in Labor hands for all but one term from 1943 to 1975.
Up to the 2016 election, Eden-Monaro was long regarded as Australia's most well-known "bellwether seat". From the 1972 election until the 2013 election, Eden-Monaro was won by the party that also won the election. During this time, all of its sitting members were defeated at the polls – none retired or resigned.
Liberal incumbent Peter Hendy was defeated by Labor's Mike Kelly at the 2016 election. Kelly had previously represented Eden-Monaro from 2007 to 2013. Kelly's 2016 victory made him the seat's first opposition MP elected since 1969. The nation's new bellwether became the seat of Robertson – continually won by the party that also won government since the 1983 election. "Best" bellwether aside, ABC psephologist Antony Green classed a total of eleven electorates as bellwethers in his 2016 election guide.[1]
Labor’s Kristy McBain became the first woman to represent the division when she narrowly held the seat in the 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election.[2]
Members[]
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Fiona Kotvojs | 36,388 | 38.33 | +1.33 | |
Labor | Kristy McBain | 34,073 | 35.89 | −3.28 | |
National | Trevor Hicks | 6,052 | 6.38 | −0.57 | |
Greens | Cathy Griff | 5,385 | 5.67 | −3.11 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Matthew Stadtmiller | 5,066 | 5.34 | +5.34 | |
HEMP | Michael Balderstone | 2,154 | 2.27 | +2.27 | |
Independent | Karen Porter | 1,218 | 1.28 | +1.28 | |
Science | James Jansson | 1,071 | 1.13 | +1.13 | |
Sustainable Australia | Joy Angel | 944 | 0.99 | +0.99 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dean McCrae | 651 | 0.69 | +0.69 | |
Independent | James Holgate | 636 | 0.67 | −1.23 | |
Christian Democrats | Narelle Storey | 614 | 0.65 | −0.52 | |
Independent | Riccardo Bosi | 513 | 0.54 | +0.54 | |
Australian Federation | Jason Potter | 170 | 0.18 | +0.18 | |
Total formal votes | 94,935 | 93.29 | +0.09 | ||
Informal votes | 6,832 | 6.71 | −0.09 | ||
Turnout | 101,767 | 89.08 | −4.23 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Kristy McBain | 47,835 | 50.39 | −0.46 | |
Liberal | Fiona Kotvojs | 47,100 | 49.61 | +0.46 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.46 |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Eden-Monaro_by-election_2020_preference_flows.png/750px-Eden-Monaro_by-election_2020_preference_flows.png)
References[]
- ^ The Bellwether Contests: Antony Green ABC
- ^ https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/elections/eden-monaro-by-election-2020/results/
- ^ "Eden-Monaro, NSW". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
External links[]
- Electoral divisions of Australia
- Constituencies established in 1901
- 1901 establishments in Australia
- South Coast (New South Wales)
- Southern Tablelands