Division of Eden-Monaro

Eden-Monaro Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Eden-Monaro (green) within New South Wales
Created	1901
MP	Peter Hendy
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Eden and Monaro
Electors	100,030 (2013)^[1]
Area	29,499 km² (11,389.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Eden-Monaro is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for the town of Eden and the Monaro district of southern New South Wales.

Its boundaries have changed very little throughout its history, and it includes the towns of Batemans Bay, Bega and Cooma and the city of Queanbeyan. Until 1943 it was held by non-Labor parties for all but three years, but since then it has been consistently marginal. From 1972 it has been held by the government of the day, and is thus regarded as a "bellwether seat".

The Member for Eden-Monaro, since the 2013 federal election, is Peter Hendy, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Members

	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–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Eden-Monaro

Australian federal election, 2013: Eden-Monaro^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Peter Hendy	40,431	45.27	+3.43
	Labor	Mike Kelly	34,638	38.78	−4.83
	Greens	Catherine Moore	6,725	7.53	−2.19
	Palmer United	Dean Lynch	4,655	5.21	+5.21
	Independent	Andrew Thaler	1,223	1.37	+1.37
	Christian Democrats	Warren Catton	861	0.96	+0.21
	Stable Population	Martin Tye	601	0.67	+0.67
	CEC	Costas Goumas	179	0.20	+0.20
Total formal votes			89,313	94.46	+0.71
Informal votes			5,240	5.54	−0.71
Turnout			94,553	94.52	+0.13
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Peter Hendy	45,199	50.61	+4.85
	Labor	Mike Kelly	44,114	49.39	−4.85
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+4.85

References

1 2 "Eden-Monaro, NSW". Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.

External links

Division of Eden-Monaro - Australian Electoral Commission

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

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Coordinates: 36°17′31″S 149°20′38″E / 36.292°S 149.344°E / -36.292; 149.344

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