Division of Hughes

Hughes Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Hughes (green) in New South Wales
Created	1955
MP	Craig Kelly
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Billy Hughes
Electors	101,490 (2013)^[1]
Area	178 km² (68.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Hughes is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1955 and is named for Billy Hughes, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1915-23.

The division is located in the southern and southwestern suburbs of Sydney, including Alfords Point, Bangor, Barden Ridge, Chipping Norton, East Hills, Engadine, Hammondville, Holsworthy, Illawong, Loftus, Lucas Heights, Menai, Milperra, Moorebank, Panania, Picnic Point, Revesby, Warwick Farm, Wattle Grove and Woronora and parts of Padstow, Jannali, Liverpool and Sutherland.

Originally a marginal seat, a 1968 redistribution made it a fairly safe Labor seat. Demographic change made it increasingly less safe for Labor in the 1980s and 1990s, and it was one of many marginal seats taken by the Liberals in the 1996 landslide. The Liberals have held it ever since, and it is now a safe Liberal seat.

The current Member for Hughes, since the 2010 federal election, is Liberal Craig Kelly.

Members

	Party	Term
Les Johnson	Labor	1955–1966
Don Dobie	Liberal	1966–1969
Les Johnson	Labor	1969–1983
Robert Tickner	Labor	1984–1996
Danna Vale	Liberal	1996–2010
Craig Kelly	Liberal	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hughes

Australian federal election, 2013: Hughes^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Craig Kelly	48,436	54.68	+5.53
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	28,406	32.07	−5.71
	Palmer United	John Peters	5,224	5.90	+5.90
	Greens	Signe Westerberg	3,948	4.46	−1.83
	Christian Democrats	Peter Colsell	2,561	2.89	+0.44
Total formal votes			88,575	92.61	−0.87
Informal votes			7,071	7.39	+0.87
Turnout			95,646	94.24	+0.03
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Craig Kelly	53,735	60.67	+5.50
	Labor	Alison Megarrity	34,840	39.33	−5.50
	Liberal hold		Swing	+5.50

References

1 2 "Hughes, NSW". Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

External links

Division of Hughes - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

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Coordinates: 33°59′31″S 150°58′30″E / 33.992°S 150.975°E / -33.992; 150.975

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