Electoral district of Orange

Orange New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location in New South Wales
State	New South Wales
Dates current	1859–1920 1927–present
MP	Andrew Gee
Party	National Party of Australia
Namesake	Orange, New South Wales
Area	16,981.25 km^2 (6,556.5 sq mi)

Orange is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Gee of the National Party of Australia.

Orange is a regional electorate that covers four local government areas in their entirety. Namely, the City of Orange, Cabonne Shire, Parkes Shire and Forbes Shire.^[1]

History

Orange was created in 1859. Orange and Hartley were absorbed into Bathurst, which elected three members under proportional representation, between 1920 to 1927. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recreated as single-member electorates.

While Orange itself occasionally favours Labor, the rest of the area tilts strongly toward National, a major reason Labor hasn't held the seat since 1947.

Members for Orange

Single member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	Saul Samuel	None	1859–1860
	John Peisley	None	1860–1862
	James Martin	None	1862–1863
	Charles Cowper, Jr.	None	1863–1864
	William Forlonge	None	1864–1867
	George McKay	None	1867–1869
	Saul Samuel	None	1869–1872
	Harris Nelson	None	1872–1877
	Edward Combes	None	1877–1879
	Andrew Kerr	None	1879–1880

Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Andrew Kerr	None	1880–1882		William Clarke	None	1880–1887
	Thomas Dalton	None	1882–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1891			Free Trade	1887–1889
				James Torpy	Protectionist	1889–1894
	Henry Newman	Labor	1891–1894

Single member (1894–1920)
	Henry Newman	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1904
	Albert Gardiner	Labor	1904–1907
	John Fitzpatrick	Liberal Reform	1907–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1920

Second incarnation (1927–present)
Member		Party	Term
	John Fitzpatrick	Nationalist	1927–1930
	William Folster	Labor	1930–1932
	Alwyn Tonking	United Australia	1932–1941
	Bob O'Halloran	Labor	1941–1947
	(Sir) Charles Cutler	Country	1947–1975
	Garry West	Country, National	1976–1996
	Russell Turner	National	1996–2011
	Andrew Gee	National	2011–present

Election results

New South Wales state election, 2015: Orange[2][3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Andrew Gee	31,998	65.6	+8.4
	Labor	Bernard Fitzsimon	11,394	23.4	+11.5
	Greens	Janelle Bicknell	3,295	6.8	+2.3
	Christian Democrats	John Gilbert	1,262	2.6	+2.6
	No Land Tax	Juan Fernandez	837	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			48,786	97.1	−0.1
Informal votes			1,440	2.9	+0.1
Turnout			50,226	91.5	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Andrew Gee	33,202	71.7	−5.4
	Labor	Bernard Fitzsimon	13,105	28.3	+5.4
	National hold		Swing	−5.4

References

1. "Orange". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
2. State Electoral District of Orange: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
3. State Electoral District of Orange: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.