Division of Eden-Monaro

The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian electoral division in New South Wales.^[1] It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for the town of Eden and the Monaro district of southern New South Wales. It includes Batemans Bay, Bega, Cooma and Queanbeyan.^[1]

Eden-Monaro Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Eden-Monaro (green) within New South Wales
Created	1901
MP	Kristy McBain
Party	Labor
Namesake	Eden and Monaro
Electors	96,465 (2010)
Area	29,499 km2 (11,389.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The port at Eden, New South Wales

Since 1972 the Division has always been won the party that wins government in the elections.^[2] It is closely watched by the media when trying to pick the results of an election.^[3]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Austin Chapman	Protectionist	1901–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1926
	John Perkins	Nationalist	1926–1929
	John Cusack	Labor	1929–1931
	John Perkins	United Australia	1931–1943
	Allan Fraser	Labor	1943–1966
	Dugald Munro	Liberal	1966–1969
	Allan Fraser	Labor	1969–1972
	Bob Whan	Labor	1972–1975
	Murray Sainsbury	Liberal	1975–1983
	Jim Snow	Labor	1983–1996
	Gary Nairn	Liberal	1996–2007
	Mike Kelly	Labor	2007–2013
	Peter Hendy	Liberal	2013–2016
	Mike Kelly	Labor	2016–2020
	Kristy McBain	Labor	2020 - current

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Eden-Monaro[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kristy McBain	43,215	42.57	+6.68
	Liberal	Jerry Nockles	33,520	33.02	−5.31
	Greens	Vivian Harris	9,376	9.24	+3.57
	One Nation	Boyd Shannon	4,351	4.29	+4.29
	Liberal Democrats	Maxwell Holmes	2,625	2.59	+1.90
	United Australia	Darren Garnon	2,566	2.53	+2.53
	Sustainable Australia	James Holgate	2,260	2.23	+1.24
	Independent	Andrew Thaler	2,044	2.01	+2.01
	Informed Medical Options	Toni McLennan	909	0.90	+0.90
	Australian Democrats	Greg Butler	651	0.64	+0.64
Total formal votes			101,517	93.48	+0.19
Informal votes			7,083	6.52	−0.19
Turnout			108,600	93.35	+4.27
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Kristy McBain	59,083	58.20	+7.81
	Liberal	Jerry Nockles	42,434	41.80	−7.81
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.81

The swings above are calculated from the results of the 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election.