Division of Riverina

Riverina Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Riverina (green) within New South Wales
Dates current	1901–1984, 1992–present
MP	Michael McCormack
Party	National
Namesake	Riverina
Electors	100,116 (2013)[1]
Area	61,435 km^2 (23,720.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Riverina is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in south-west rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley. It was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first Australian federal election in 1901. It was named after the Riverina region in which it is located.^[2]

The division includes the cities of Wagga Wagga and Griffith and the towns of Coleambally, Coolamon, Gundagai, Hillston,Junee, Leeton, Narrandera, Temora, Tumut, Tumbarumba and West Wyalong.^[2] The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the division.

History

There was a by-election in Riverina in 1904. Robert Blackwood won the seat by only a few votes from John Chanter. The results were challenged in the courts and a new election was held in which Chanter won the seat. There was another by-election in 1965 after Hugh Roberton resigned.^[3] In the 1984 the division was abolished and replaced by the Division of Riverina-Darling. In 1992 the division was re-created.

Originally the division included the Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar, but these are now in the divisions of Farrer and Parkes. This has made Riverina a safe National Party seat.

Members

Riverina (1901–1984)
Member		Party	Term
	John Chanter	Protectionist	1901–1903
	Robert Blackwood	Free Trade	1903–1904
	John Chanter	Protectionist	1904–1909
		Labor	1909–1913
	Franc Falkiner	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1914
	John Chanter	Labor	1914–1916
		National Labor	1916–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1922
	William Killen	Country	1922–1931
	Horace Nock	Country	1931–1940
	Joe Langtry	Labor	1940–1949
	Hugh Roberton	Country	1949–1965
	Bill Armstrong	Country	1965–1969
	Al Grassby	Labor	1969–1974
	John Sullivan	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1977
	John FitzPatrick	Labor	1977–1980
	Noel Hicks	National Country	1980–1982
		National	1982–1984
Riverina (1993–present)
Member		Party	Term
	Noel Hicks	National	1993–1998
	Kay Hull	National	1998–2010
	Michael McCormack	National	2010–present

Al Grassby was the Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Richmond[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Justine Elliot	28,733	28.80	−2.91
	Greens	Mandy Nolan	25,216	25.27	+4.95
	National	Kimberly Hone	23,299	23.35	−13.51
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Biggs	7,681	7.70	+7.70
	One Nation	Tracey Bell-Henselin	4,073	4.08	+4.08
	United Australia	Robert Marks	2,922	2.93	−0.97
	Independent	David Warth	2,341	2.35	+2.35
	Informed Medical Options	Monica Shepherd	2,271	2.28	+1.10
	Independent	Nathan Jones	1,974	1.98	+1.98
	Independent	Terry Sharples	1,274	1.28	+1.28
Total formal votes			99,784	93.08	+0.52
Informal votes			7,424	6.92	−0.52
Turnout			107,208	90.37	−0.45
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Justine Elliot	58,104	58.23	+4.15
	National	Kimberly Hone	41,680	41.77	−4.15
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.15

References

1. "NSW Division - Riverina, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
2. "Profile of the electoral division of Riverina (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
3. Carr, Adam (2008). "By-Elections 1963-1965". psephos.adam-carr.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
4. Richmond, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

Other websites

• Division of Riverina - Australian Electoral Commission

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