William Lyne The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales . It was set up in 1949, and named for Sir William Lyne , Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and a minister in early Australian governments.[ 2] Governor-General , Lord Hopetoun to form the first Federal Government. Lyne did not have the support of other politicians, and so Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister of Australia .
The division is on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. It includes Taree , Wauchope , Laurieton , Wingham , Gloucester and parts of Kempsey .[ 2]
Members
Mark Vaile was the leader of the National Party, and Deputy Prime Minister . He retired in July 2008 which caused a by-election . Independent politician Rob Oakeshott won the seat, and after the 2010 election was one of the independents who supported a minority Labor government led by Julia Gillard . Oakeshott retired at the 2013 election.
Election results
2022 Australian federal election : Lyne[ 3]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
National
David Gillespie
46,661
43.51
−5.84
Labor
Alex Simpson
23,024
21.47
−2.62
One Nation
Josephine Cashman
8,502
7.93
+7.93
Greens
Karl Attenborough
8,422
7.85
+1.34
Liberal Democrats
Mark Hornshaw
6,824
6.36
+0.56
Independent
Steve Attkins
5,574
5.20
+5.20
United Australia
Joel Putland
4,421
4.12
+0.07
Independent
Joanne Pearce
3,820
3.56
+3.56
Total formal votes
107,248
93.41
+2.48
Informal votes
7,563
6.59
−2.48
Turnout 114,811
92.22
−1.51
Two-party-preferred result
National
David Gillespie
68,421
63.80
−1.37
Labor
Alex Simpson
38,827
36.20
+1.37
National hold
Swing −1.37
References
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