| Charlton Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
| State or territory: | New South Wales |
| Created: | 1984 |
| MP: | Greg Combet |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Matthew Charlton |
| Electors: | 91,129 |
| Area: | 578 km² (223. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Gregory Ivan Combet AM MP (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian politician and trade unionist Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. Matthew Charlton (15 March 1866 &ndash 8 December 1948 was an Australian Labor Party politician Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 2 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Provincial |
The Division of Charlton is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Matthew Charlton, who was Leader of the Australian Labor Party 1922-28. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Matthew Charlton (15 March 1866 &ndash 8 December 1948 was an Australian Labor Party politician Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is located in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, including the coal-mining towns of Cardiff and Wallsend. The Hunter Region, more commonly known as the Hunter Valley, is a region of New South Wales, extending from approximately to north of Sydney, Australia Cardiff is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located west-southwest of Newcastle's Central business district Wallsend is a western suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, located from Newcastle's Central business district. It is a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. The current member, Greg Combet, Secretary of the ACTU winning the seat of Charlton in the 2007 federal election. Gregory Ivan Combet AM MP (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian politician and trade unionist Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Australian Council of Trade Unions ( ACTU) is the largest Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13
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Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Brown | Labor | 1984—1998 | |
| Kelly Hoare | Labor | 1998—2007 | |
| Greg Combet | Labor | 2007—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Charlton | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Greg Combet | 44,156 | 53. Robert James Brown (born 2 December 1933) is a former Australian Labor Party politician Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Kelly Joy Hoare (born July 1, 1963) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Results House of Representatives preference flows The Nationals had candidates in 13 seats where Three-cornered-contests existed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Gregory Ivan Combet AM MP (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian politician and trade unionist Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Charlton in Australian federal elections since the division's creation in 1984 until the present Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Gregory Ivan Combet AM MP (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian politician and trade unionist 08 | +6. 47 | |
| Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 26,353 | 31. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 68 | -3. 49 | |
| Greens | Suzanne Pritchard | 6,708 | 8. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 06 | -0. 71 | |
| Independent | Stuart Ulrich | 2,008 | 2. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 41 | +2. 41 | |
| Christian Democrats | Jim Kendall | 2,007 | 2. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 41 | +2. 41 | |
| Independent | Patrick Barry | 1,253 | 1. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 51 | +1. 51 | |
| Socialist Equality | Terry Cook | 404 | 0. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP is a minor Australian political party affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International. 49 | +0. 49 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | David Stow | 294 | 0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 35 | -0. 23 | |
| Total formal votes | 83,183 | 95. 34 | +0. 46 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,066 | 4. 66 | -0. 46 | ||
| Turnout | 87,249 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 74 | +0. 14 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Greg Combet | 52,298 | 62. Gregory Ivan Combet AM MP (born 28 April 1958) is an Australian politician and trade unionist 87 | +4. 47 | |
| Liberal | Lindsay Paterson | 30,885 | 37. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 13 | -4. 47 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 47 | |||
References
External links
- Division of Charlton. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 512 - A Solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland. (PDF)
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