| Throsby Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | New South Wales |
| Created: | 1984 |
| MP: | Jennie George |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Charles Throsby |
| Electors: | 88,501 |
| Area: | 485 km² (187. 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. Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. Charles Throsby (1771 - 1828 was an Australian explorer who opened up much new land beyond the Blue Mountains. 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: | Provincial |
- For the Canberra suburb of Throsby see: Throsby, Australian Capital Territory
The Commonwealth Electoral Division of Throsby is an Australian electoral division located in the State of New South Wales. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Throsby (postcode 2914 is a planned suburb in the Canberra, Australia district of Gungahlin. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. It has an area of 387 square kilometres (149 sq mi) and consists of all of the Local Government Area of Shellharbour, the southern portion of the adjacent Local Government Area of Wollongong including the Port Kembla heavy industry area and the rapidly growing residential areas around Dapto and the northern part of the Local Government Area of Kiama, New South Wales including Minnamurra, Kiama Downs, Bombo and Jamberoo. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled Shellharbour is a southern beachside suburb of Wollongong, located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. Port Kembla is a Seaport, industrial complex (one of the largest in Australia and suburb of Wollongong, in the Illawarra region of New South Wales Dapto is a town in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia, located on the western shore of Lake Illawarra and covering an area 7 For the corresponding seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, see Electoral district of Kiama. Minnamurra is a coastal suburb of the town Kiama on the NSW South Coast (about two hours south of Sydney) Kiama Downs is a coastal suburb of the town Kiama, on the NSW South Coast (approx Bombo is a suburb of the Municipality of Kiama, in the Illawarra Region of New South Wales, Australia. Jamberoo is a small picturesque village approx 11 km inland from Kiama on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia in the Municipality of
The seat is named after Charles Throsby, a prominent pioneer and explorer in the early nineteenth century of the areas to the south of Sydney. Charles Throsby (1771 - 1828 was an Australian explorer who opened up much new land beyond the Blue Mountains. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
The Division of Throsby was created in a redistribution in 1984 and has been represented by the Australian Labor Party since its inception. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) This is due to the strong working-class character of the area due to the presence of industries such as steelmaking, coal mining and stevedoring. Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining.
Its current Member of Parliament is Jennie George, a former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in the 1990s. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Template talkInfobox Union for usage --> The Australian Council of Trade Unions ( ACTU) is the largest
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Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Colin Hollis | Labor | 1984—2001 | |
| Jennie George | Labor | 2001—present | |
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Throsby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Jennie George | 52,275 | 64. Collin Hollis (born 30 May 1938) was an Australian federal politician Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November, 2001. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 98 | +9. 97 | |
| Liberal | Stuart Wright | 18,266 | 22. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 71 | -9. 40 | |
| Greens | Peter Moran | 7,308 | 9. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 08 | -0. 97 | |
| Christian Democrats | Scott Deakes | 2,598 | 3. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 23 | +2. 97 | |
| Total formal votes | 80,447 | 94. 76 | +0. 20 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,446 | 5. 24 | -0. 20 | ||
| Turnout | 84,893 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 92 | +0. 44 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Jennie George | 59,099 | 73. Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 46 | +9. 64 | |
| Liberal | Stuart Wright | 21,348 | 26. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 54 | -9. 64 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +9. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 64 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Throsby | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Jennie George | 44,495 | 56. 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 Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 26 | +1. 36 | |
| Liberal | Linda Nelson | 24,519 | 31. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 00 | +5. 78 | |
| Greens | Trevor Jones | 7,995 | 10. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 11 | +5. 61 | |
| Democrats | Madeleine Roberts | 2,078 | 2. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 63 | -4. 88 | |
| Total formal votes | 79,087 | 94. 47 | -0. 34 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,629 | 5. 53 | +0. 34 | ||
| Turnout | 83,716 | 95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 87 | +0. 36 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Jennie George | 51,407 | 65. Jennie George (born 28 August 1947) Australian politician has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives 00 | -0. 10 | |
| Liberal | Linda Nelson | 27,680 | 35. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 00 | +0. 10 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -0. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 10 | |||
References
- Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
- The Poll Bludger
- ABC Elections
- Australian Electoral Commission
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