| Mayo Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | South Australia |
| Created: | 1984 |
| MP: | Alexander Downer |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Namesake: | Helen Mayo |
| Electors: | 96,401 |
| Area: | 9,190 km² (3,548. 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 South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country 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. Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Helen Mayo ( 1 October 1878 &ndash 13 November 1967) Australian Medical doctor, was a pioneer in women's and children's 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 3 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Mayo is an Australian Electoral Division located in the hills, east of Adelaide, South Australia and currently includes the towns of Victor Harbor, Lobethal, Mount Barker, Strathalbyn, Woodside and Kingscote. 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. Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia with a South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country Victor Harbor is a city located on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, located 80km south of Adelaide, South Australia. Lobethal (ˈloʊbǝθǝl is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia. Mount Barker is a rapidly expanding city home to 11540 residents that is 40 Kilometres up the South Eastern Freeway, east of Adelaide, in South Strathalbyn is a town in South Australia in the Alexandrina Council. Woodside is a small town between Balhannah and Lobethal, 37km from Adelaide. Kingscote is the largest town on Kangaroo Island, an island off the south coast of South Australia, with a population of about 1200
First proclaimed in 1984, the division is named for Helen Mayo, a social activist and the first woman elected to an Australian University Council. Helen Mayo ( 1 October 1878 &ndash 13 November 1967) Australian Medical doctor, was a pioneer in women's and children's It has been held by Alexander Downer, a senior member of the conservative Liberal Party, since its proclamation. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.
At its creation in 1984, Mayo was a rural based electorate that stretched from the seaside town of Victor Harbor to the Adelaide Hills. Victor Harbor is a city located on the coast of the Fleurieu Peninsula, located 80km south of Adelaide, South Australia. Downer, the son and grandson of former federal politicians, easily won in 1984 and 1987 but faced his first real challenge in 1990 from the Australian Democrats, who traditionally polled better in the area covered by Mayo than anywhere else in Australia. Federal elections were held in Australia on 11 July 1987 following the granting of a double dissolution on 5 June by the Governor-General Sir The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology The Democrat candidate polled 21. 3% and while Downer retained Mayo on a two party preferred basis comfortably, a swing of 6% away from Downer towards the Democrat may well have seen Downer lose the seat. Interestingly, Democrats leader, Senator Janine Haines, chose to contest the neighbouring Division of Kingston at the 1990 election, losing to the sitting member. Janine Haines, AM ( 8 May 1945 – 20 November 2004) Australian Politician, was the first female federal parliamentary The Division of Kingston is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia covering the far-south metropolitan area of Adelaide. It was postulated at the time that if the high profile Haines had contested Mayo, she may have gathered the further 6% required to unseat Downer.
A redistribution following the 1990 elections shifted Mayo to an exclusively Hills based seat and theoretically consilidated Downer's hold on the seat to the detriment of the Democrats. As a result, Downer was comfortably returned at the 1993 and 1996 federal elections. House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 In 1998, however, Downer, facing six opposition candidates, including high profile Democrats candidate John Schumann, One Nation Party and an independent candidate advocating increased public nudity, was re-elected by a narrow margin. Results House of Representatives preference flows The Nationals had candidates in 13 seats where Three-cornered-contests existed John Lewis Schumann (born c 1953 is an Australian singer songwriter and guitarist from Adelaide. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government Schumann's 22. 4% was the best result for a minor party candidate in Mayo and lost to Downer on a two party preferred basis by only 1. 7%, transforming Mayo into one of the more marginal electorates in Australia.
Another redistribution following the 1998 election made Mayo a safer Liberal seat and Downer was again returned comfortably at the 2001 elections, helped partly by an Independent Democrat candidate splitting the Democrat vote. Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November, 2001. The 2004 election saw a record eight candidates including independent Brian Deegan who polled 15 percent, but was successfully retained by Downer, and again at the 2007 election, on a reduced margin of seven percent. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Brian Deegan (born 14 February 1955) is an Australian political activist and former South Australian Magistrate. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 With post-Howard polling figures, the seat is at risk of falling to Labor if a by-election occurs with other by-elections after the budget when it is speculated some former ministers will retire.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Downer | Liberal | 1984—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Mayo | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alexander Downer | 45,893 | 51. Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 08 | -2. 56 | |
| Labor | Mary Brewerton | 27,957 | 31. 12 | +14. 63 | |
| Greens | Lynton Vonow | 9,849 | 10. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 96 | +3. 36 | |
| Family First | Trish Nolan | 3,615 | 4. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 02 | +0. 37 | |
| Conservatives for Climate | Rachael Barons | 1,165 | 1. Conservatives for Climate and Environment (CCE is a minor Australian political party formed in early 2007. 30 | +1. 30 | |
| Democrats | Andrew Castrique | 1,369 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 52 | -0. 29 | |
| Total formal votes | 89,848 | 97. 24 | +1. 88 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,550 | 2. 76 | -1. 88 | ||
| Turnout | 92,398 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 85 | +0. 64 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Alexander Downer | 51,264 | 57. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 06 | -6. 53 | |
| Labor | Mary Brewerton | 38,584 | 42. 94 | +42. 94 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -6. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 53 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Mayo | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Alexander Downer | 44,520 | 53. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 64 | +0. 01 | |
| Labor | James Murphy | 13,689 | 16. 49 | -3. 26 | |
| Independent | Brian Deegan | 12,577 | 15. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Brian Deegan (born 14 February 1955) is an Australian political activist and former South Australian Magistrate. 15 | +15. 15 | |
| Greens | Dennis Matthews | 6,305 | 7. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 60 | +2. 13 | |
| Family First | Kevin Cramp | 3,027 | 3. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 65 | +3. 65 | |
| Democrats | Kathy Brazher-de Laine | 1,505 | 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 81 | -11. 90 | |
| One Nation | Robert Fechner | 774 | 0. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 93 | -3. 27 | |
| Independent | Jon Grear | 606 | 0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 73 | +0. 73 | |
| Total formal votes | 83,003 | 95. 36 | +0. 30 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,039 | 4. 64 | -0. 30 | ||
| Turnout | 87,042 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 21 | +0. 56 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Alexander Downer | 51,303 | 61. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Alexander John Gosse Downer (born 9 September 1951 is an Australian Liberal politician who was Foreign Minister of Australia from March 1996 to December 81 | +61. 81 | |
| Independent | Brian Deegan | 31,700 | 38. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. Brian Deegan (born 14 February 1955) is an Australian political activist and former South Australian Magistrate. 19 | +38. 19 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +61. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 81 | |||
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