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Australian federal electoral division From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Division of Whitlam is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
Whitlam Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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![]() Division of Whitlam in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election | |
Created | 2016 |
MP | Stephen Jones |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Gough Whitlam |
Electors | 125,535 (2022) |
Area | 1,331 km2 (513.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Provincial |
Whitlam is a predominantly middle and working-class electorate that covers 1,331 square kilometers in the southern Illawarra and NSW southern highlands.[1]
The current MP is Stephen Jones, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Jones was born in Wollongong and was a union official before first being elected to Parliament in 2010.[1]
Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[2]
The division, previously named Throsby, was renamed in honour of Gough Whitlam, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1972–75, in a February 2016 electoral distribution.[3] It came into effect from 2 July 2016, the date of the 2016 Australian federal election.
ABC election analyst Antony Green estimated that boundary changes to Throsby would reduce the Australian Labor Party's notional two-party-preferred margin from 7.8 to 6.9 percentage points.[4] Despite this, the last member for Throsby, Stephen Jones, easily retained the seat with a healthy swing of over six points.
Whitlam has a strong working-class character due to the presence of industries such as steelmaking, coal mining and stevedoring in the Illawarra.
Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Stephen Jones (1965–) |
Labor | 2 July 2016 – present |
Previously held the Division of Throsby. Incumbent. Currently a minister in the Albanese Government |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Stephen Jones | 49,218 | 45.01 | −3.79 | |
Liberal | Mike Cains | 30,849 | 28.21 | +2.75 | |
Greens | Jamie Dixon | 11,779 | 10.77 | +1.56 | |
One Nation | Colin Hughes | 7,543 | 6.90 | +6.90 | |
United Australia | Allan Wode | 5,886 | 5.38 | −3.46 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Wheeler | 4,062 | 3.72 | +3.72 | |
Total formal votes | 109,337 | 95.10 | +2.35 | ||
Informal votes | 5,637 | 4.90 | −2.35 | ||
Turnout | 114,974 | 91.69 | −1.57 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Stephen Jones | 65,683 | 60.07 | −0.84 | |
Liberal | Mike Cains | 43,654 | 39.93 | +0.84 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.84 |
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