Electoral district of Ballina

Ballina
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Ballina; New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
	Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1894–1904; 1988–present
MP	Tamara Smith
Party	Greens
Namesake	Ballina, New South Wales
Electors	59,329 (2019)
Area	1,059.16 km2 (408.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

Ballina is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales.

History[]

Ballina was originally created in 1894, when the three-member electorate of Richmond was divided into Richmond, Lismore and Ballina. In 1904, Ballina was replaced by Byron. In 1988, a recreated Ballina and Murwillumbah replaced Byron.

The 2004 redistribution of electoral districts estimated that the electoral district would have 47,246 electors on 29 April 2007. At the 2007 election it encompassed all of Ballina Shire (including Ballina, Alstonville, Lennox Head and Wollongbar) and most of the populated areas of Byron Shire (including Byron Bay, Mullumbimby, Ocean Shores, Suffolk Park, Brunswick Heads, South Golden Beach and Bangalow).

The 2013 NSW state electoral redistribution once again changed the boundaries of the electorate, so at the next election it would comprise the entire shires of Ballina and Byron.

The Greens won the seat of Ballina at the 2015 state election, bringing their lower house representation to three seats. It became the first rural seat in any Australian parliament outside Tasmania to be won by the Greens.

Members for Ballina[]

First incarnation (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	John Perry ^[1]	Protectionist	1894–1901
	John Perry ^[1]	Progressive	1901–1904

Second incarnation (1988–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Don Page ^[2]	National	1988–2015
	Tamara Smith ^[3]	Greens	2015–present

Election results[]

2019 New South Wales state election: Ballina ^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Ben Franklin	18,550	37.01	+0.36
	Greens	Tamara Smith	15,895	31.71	+4.69
	Labor	Asren Pugh	12,457	24.85	+0.12
	Animal Justice	Cathy Blasonato	1,256	2.51	+2.51
	Sustainable Australia	Lisa McDermott	1,119	2.23	+2.23
	Keep Sydney Open	James Wright	850	1.70	+1.70
Total formal votes			50,127	97.36	−0.29
Informal votes			1,359	2.64	+0.29
Turnout			51,486	86.78	−1.65
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Asren Pugh	23,657	54.31	+1.28
	National	Ben Franklin	19,904	45.69	−1.28
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Greens	Tamara Smith	24,645	55.42	+2.26
	National	Ben Franklin	19,824	44.58	−2.26
	Greens hold		Swing	+2.26

References[]

^ "The Hon. John Perry (1) (1845-1922)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "The Hon. Donald Loftus Page (1951- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Ms Tamara Francine Smith, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^ "Ballina: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Ballina: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

External links[]

"Ballina". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

[John_Perry_NSW_Parl-1] "The Hon. John Perry (1) (1845-1922)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[Don_Page_NSW_Parl-2] "The Hon. Donald Loftus Page (1951- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.

[Tamara_Smith_NSW_Parl-3] "Ms Tamara Francine Smith, MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.

[4] "Ballina: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[5] "Ballina: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

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