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Division of Lyne

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The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division located in the State of New South Wales. It lies on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and includes parts of the Local Government Areas of the City of Greater Taree, Port Macquarie-Hastings and Kempsey Shire. Major population centres include Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Laurieton, Wingham, and parts of Kempsey.

The seat is named after Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and subsequently a minister in early Australian conservative governments. William Lyne was commissioned by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the inaugural Federal Government. He was unable to attract sufficient support to form a cabinet and returned the commission. The unsuccessful commissioning of Lyne is known as The Hopetoun Blunder.

The Division of Lyne was created in a redistribution in 1949 and has been represented by the Australian Country Party and its subsequent derivatives the National Country Party and the National Party of Australia since its inception. This reflects the area's history as a strongly conservative and rural region. The area has recently undergone significant demographic changes with the arrival of a large number of retired people and city dwellers seeking a sea-change. Despite these changes the Australian Labor Party has made little headway in increasing its vote.

Its current Member of Parliament is Hon. Mark Vaile, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, the leader of the National Party of Australia and the Minister for Transport and Regional Services. He holds Lyne with a 13% margin.

Members

Member Party Term
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Country|  James Eggins Country 1949—1952
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Country|  Philip Lucock Country, National 1952—1980
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals|  Bruce Cowan National 1980—1993
Template:Australian politics/party colours/Nationals|  Mark Vaile National 1993—present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2004: Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Mark Vaile 46,958 56.31 +3.01
Labor Greg Watters 22,325 26.77 −2.45
Greens Jeremy Bradley 3,966 4.76 +1.79
One Nation Joan Stanfield 3,046 3.65 −6.56
New Country Robyn Murphy 2,824 3.39 +3.39
Democrats Peter Wildblood 1,401 1.68 −1.11
Independent Kerry Salt 1,327 1.59 +1.59
Family First Simon Apostle 1,181 1.42 +1.42
Citizens Electoral Council Graeme Muldoon 225 0.27 −0.04
Socialist Alliance Ron Bailey 141 0.17 +0.17
Total formal votes 83,394 94.51 −1.49
Informal votes 4,749 5.39 +1.49
Turnout 88,143 95.62 −0.30
Two-party-preferred result
National Mark Vaile 52,564 63.03 +1.79
Labor Greg Watters 30,830 36.97 −1.79
National hold Swing +1.79
Australian federal election, 2001: Lyne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Mark Vaile 42,699 53.30 +3.61
Labor Pat Stevens 23,405 29.22 −0.01
One Nation Lynn Stanfield 8,178 10.21 −2.97
Greens Siobhan Isherwood 2,380 2.97 +0.75
Democrats Philip Jirman 2,237 2.79 +0.08
Independent Dane William Sara 963 1.20 +1.20
Citizens Electoral Council Graeme Muldoon 248 0.31 +0.07
Total formal votes 80,109 96.10 −0.27
Informal votes 3,247 3.90 +0.27
Turnout 83,356 96.78
Two-party-preferred result
National Mark Vaile 49,057 61.24 +1.11
Labor Pat Stevens 31,052 38.76 −1.11
National hold Swing +1.11

References

Previous election results

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