Division of Shortland

Shortland Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Shortland (green) in New South Wales
Created	1949
MP	Jill Hall
Party	Labor
Namesake	John Shortland
Electors	96,932 (2013)^[1]
Area	205 km² (79.2 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Shortland is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after Lt John Shortland, an early explorer of the Hunter Region, and was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election.

The division closely follows the west coast of the Tasman Sea, on average extending only 5 or 10 kilometres (3.1 or 6.2 mi) inland. Much of the western boundary is formed by Lake Macquarie. The division stretches from Charlestown in the north to Norah Head in the south, and also includes the towns of Toukley, Doyalson, Swansea, Belmont and Gateshead.

The current Member for Shortland, since the 1998 federal election, is Jill Hall, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

The seat has been held by Labor for its entire existence, and for most of that time has been fairly safe for that party. The Hunter Region is one of the few country areas where Labor consistently does well, and Shortland is no exception; Labor has never tallied less than 57 per cent of the two-party vote.

Members

	Party	Term
Charles Griffiths	Labor	1949–1972
Peter Morris	Labor	1972–1998
Jill Hall	Labor	1998–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Shortland

Australian federal election, 2013: Shortland^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jill Hall	41,892	48.69	−5.05
	Liberal	John Church	32,532	37.81	+4.65
	Palmer United	Phil Baldwin	5,341	6.21	+6.21
	Greens	Jane Oakley	5,198	6.04	−4.29
	Christian Democrats	Andrew Weatherstone	1,081	1.26	+1.26
Total formal votes			86,044	93.99	+0.33
Informal votes			5,498	6.01	−0.33
Turnout			91,542	94.44	−0.42
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jill Hall	49,230	57.21	−5.64
	Liberal	John Church	36,814	42.79	+5.64
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.64

References

1 2 "NSW Division - Shortland". Virtual Tally Room. Australian Electoral Commission. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

External links

Division of Shortland - Australian Electoral Commission

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

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Coordinates: 33°06′43″S 151°37′01″E / 33.112°S 151.617°E / -33.112; 151.617

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