Division of Robertson
| Robertson Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Robertson (green) in New South Wales | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Gordon Reid |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | John Robertson |
| Electors | 100,820 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 978 km2 (377.6 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Robertson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It was named after Sir John Robertson, the fifth Premier of New South Wales.[2]
The division is located on the coast north of the Hawkesbury River. It includes the towns of Woy Woy, Gosford and Terrigal.[2]
Members[change | change source]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Willis | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist | 1901–1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| William Johnson | Labor | 1910–1913 | |
| William Fleming | Commonwealth Liberal | 1913–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1921 | ||
| Country | 1921–1922 | ||
| Sydney Gardner | Nationalist | 1922–1931 | |
| United Australia | 1931–1940 | ||
| Eric Spooner | United Australia | 1940–1943 | |
| Thomas Williams | Labor | 1943–1949 | |
| Roger Dean | Liberal | 1949–1964 | |
| William Bridges-Maxwell | Liberal | 1964–1969 | |
| Barry Cohen | Labor | 1969–1990 | |
| Frank Walker | Labor | 1990–1996 | |
| Jim Lloyd | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Belinda Neal | Labor | 2007–2010 | |
| Deborah O'Neill | Labor | 2010–2013 | |
| Lucy Wicks | Liberal | 2013–present | |
Roger Dean resigned in 1964 to become the Administrator of the Northern Territory. Barry Cohen was the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment from 1983 to 1984 and then Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment until 1987 in the Hawke government.
Election results[change | change source]
| 2022 Australian federal election: Robertson[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Lucy Wicks | 38,448 | 39.96 | −6.90 | |
| Labor | Gordon Reid | 36,231 | 37.66 | +3.56 | |
| Greens | Shelly McGrath | 9,642 | 10.02 | +2.11 | |
| One Nation | Billy O'Grady | 3,679 | 3.82 | +3.82 | |
| United Australia | Barbara-Jane Murray | 2,792 | 2.90 | +0.09 | |
| Animal Justice | Patrick Murphy | 1,949 | 2.03 | −0.05 | |
| Indigenous-Aboriginal | Jeffrey Lawson | 1,127 | 1.17 | +1.17 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Kate Mason | 1,114 | 1.16 | +1.16 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bentley Logan | 736 | 0.76 | +0.76 | |
| Australian Citizens | Paul Borthwick | 272 | 0.28 | +0.28 | |
| Australian Federation | Alexandra Hafner | 220 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
| Total formal votes | 96,210 | 93.88 | +1.12 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,274 | 6.12 | −1.12 | ||
| Turnout | 102,484 | 91.07 | −2.10 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Gordon Reid | 50,277 | 52.26 | +6.50 | |
| Liberal | Lucy Wicks | 45,933 | 47.74 | −6.50 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.50 | |||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "NSW Division - Robertson, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Robertson (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ Robertson, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.