Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]
The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election, although it was abolished between 1984 and 1993, so has not been contested at every federal election. The division was named after the Riverina region in which it is located, though its modern borders do not correspond exactly with the Riverina region. The division covers a primarily agricultural, rural area with many small towns.
In the 1984 redistribution, the division was abolished and replaced by Riverina-Darling, but in the 1993 redistribution it was re-created.
Since its re-creation in 1993, it has been a safe Nationals seat. Its first incarnation tilted toward the Nationals' predecessor, the Country Party, for much of its history, but was occasionally taken by Labor during high-tide elections. It was fairly marginal for most of the 1970s and early 1980s, when it included the strongly pro-Labor mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar which have now been transferred to Farrer and Parkes.
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Not to be confused with Division of Riverina Darling The Division of Riverina is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales RiverinaAustralian House of Representatives DivisionDivision of Riverina in New South Wales as of the 2019 federal electionDates current1901 1984 1993 presentMPMichael McCormackPartyNationalsNamesakeRiverinaElectors116 172 2022 Area48 988 km2 18 914 4 sq mi DemographicRural and provincialElectorates around Riverina Parkes Parkes CalareFarrer Riverina HumeFarrer Farrer Eden MonaroIt includes the city of Wagga Wagga Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members 4 Election results 5 References 6 External linksGeography EditSince 1984 federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state and they occur every seven years or sooner if a state s representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned 1 History Edit nbsp The region of Riverina the division s namesakeThe division was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election although it was abolished between 1984 and 1993 so has not been contested at every federal election The division was named after the Riverina region in which it is located though its modern borders do not correspond exactly with the Riverina region The division covers a primarily agricultural rural area with many small towns In the 1984 redistribution the division was abolished and replaced by Riverina Darling but in the 1993 redistribution it was re created Since its re creation in 1993 it has been a safe Nationals seat Its first incarnation tilted toward the Nationals predecessor the Country Party for much of its history but was occasionally taken by Labor during high tide elections It was fairly marginal for most of the 1970s and early 1980s when it included the strongly pro Labor mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar which have now been transferred to Farrer and Parkes The division is located in South West rural New South Wales generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley It includes the larger city of Wagga Wagga as well as the towns of Cowra Forbes Junee Cootamundra Temora West Wyalong Young Tumut and Gundagai The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the division and it contains a large section of the Newell Highway The Division of Riverina also contains the major town of Parkes which has the same name as the bordering Division of Parkes The seat has previously been held by Al Grassby Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government The current Member for Riverina since the 2010 federal election is Michael McCormack former Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party of Australia from 2018 to 2021 Members EditFirst incarnation 1901 1984 Image Member Party Term Notes nbsp John Chanter 1845 1931 Protectionist 29 March 1901 16 December 1903 Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Deniliquin Lost seat nbsp Robert Blackwood 1861 1940 Free Trade 16 December 1903 13 April 1904 1903 election results declared void Lost seat in subsequent by election nbsp John Chanter 1845 1931 Protectionist 18 May 1904 26 May 1909 Lost seat Labor 26 May 1909 31 May 1913 nbsp Franc Falkiner 1867 1929 Commonwealth Liberal 31 May 1913 5 September 1914 Lost seat Later elected to the Division of Hume in 1917 nbsp John Chanter 1845 1931 Labor 5 September 1914 14 November 1916 Lost seat National Labor 14 November 1916 17 February 1917 Nationalist 17 February 1917 16 December 1922 nbsp William Killen 1860 1939 Country 16 December 1922 27 November 1931 Retired nbsp Horace Nock 1879 1958 Country 19 December 1931 21 September 1940 Lost seat nbsp Joe Langtry 1880 1951 Labor 21 September 1940 10 December 1949 Lost seat nbsp Hugh Roberton 1900 1987 Country 10 December 1949 21 January 1965 Served as minister under Menzies Resigned to become Australian Ambassador to Ireland nbsp Bill Armstrong 1909 1982 Country 27 February 1965 25 October 1969 Lost seat nbsp Al Grassby 1926 2005 Labor 25 October 1969 18 May 1974 Served as minister under Whitlam Lost seat nbsp John Sullivan 1929 Country 18 May 1974 2 May 1975 Lost seat Later elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Sturt in 1981 National Country 2 May 1975 10 December 1977 nbsp John FitzPatrick 1915 1997 Labor 10 December 1977 19 September 1980 Previously held the Division of Darling Retired nbsp Noel Hicks 1940 National Country 18 October 1980 16 October 1982 Transferred to the Division of Riverina Darling after Riverina was abolished in 1984 Nationals 16 October 1982 1 December 1984 Second incarnation 1993 present Image Member Party Term Notes nbsp Noel Hicks 1940 Nationals 13 March 1993 31 August 1998 Previously held the Division of Riverina Darling Retired nbsp Kay Hull 1954 Nationals 3 October 1998 19 July 2010 Retired nbsp Michael McCormack 1964 Nationals 21 August 2010 present Served as minister and Deputy Prime Minister under Turnbull and Morrison IncumbentElection results EditMain article Electoral results for the Division of Riverina This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales Riverina edit 2022 Australian federal election Riverina 2 Party Candidate Votes National Michael McCormack 45 951 46 57 13 36Labor Mark Jeffreson 20 193 20 47 2 69One Nation Richard Orchard 8 042 8 15 8 15Liberal Democrats Dean McCrae 6 563 6 65 6 65Greens Michael Organ 6 349 6 43 0 23Shooters Fishers Farmers Steve Karaitiana 6 280 6 37 6 37Independent Darren Ciavarella 2 701 2 74 2 74United Australia Daniel Martelozzo 2 585 2 62 8 09Total formal votes 98 664 92 68 2 16Informal votes 7 794 7 32 2 16Turnout 106 458 91 75 1 64Two party preferred resultNational Michael McCormack 63 979 64 85 4 63Labor Mark Jeffreson 34 685 35 15 4 63National hold Swing 4 63 Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Primary vote results in Riverina second incarnation Parties that did not get 5 of the vote are omitted National Labor Liberal Greens One Nation Palmer United United Australia Party Liberal Democrats Shooters Fishers Farmers Independent Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Two candidate preferred results in Riverina second incarnation References Edit Muller Damon 14 November 2017 The process of federal redistributions a quick guide Parliament of Australia Retrieved 19 April 2022 Riverina NSW 2022 Tally Room Australian Electoral Commission External links EditDivision of Riverina Australian Electoral Commission 34 25 37 S 146 42 00 E 34 427 S 146 700 E 34 427 146 700 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Division of Riverina amp oldid 1178522299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
