Division of Barton
| Barton Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Barton (green) in New South Wales | |
| Created | 1922 |
| MP | Linda Burney |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Sir Edmund Barton |
| Area | 44 km2 (17.0 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
The Division of Barton is a Federal Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales. It was created in 1922 and is named for Sir Edmund Barton, the first Prime Minister of Australia.[1]
It includes the inner suburbs of Arncliffe, Banksia, Bardwell Valley, Beverley Park, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-Le-Sands, Carss Park, Dolls Point, Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Kyeemagh, Monterey, Ramsgate, Ramsgate Beach, Rockdale, Sandringham, Sans Souci, Turrella and Wolli Creek and parts of Beverly Hills, Carlton, Earlwood and Kingsgrove.[1]
Members
[change | change source]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick McDonald | Labor | 1922–1925 | |
| Thomas Ley | Nationalist | 1925–1928 | |
| James Tully | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| Albert Lane | United Australia | 1931–1940 | |
| H. V. Evatt | Labor | 1940–1958 | |
| Leonard Reynolds | Labor | 1958–1966 | |
| William Arthur | Liberal | 1966–1969 | |
| Leonard Reynolds | Labor | 1969–1975 | |
| James Bradfield | Liberal | 1975–1983 | |
| Gary Punch | Labor | 1983–1996 | |
| Robert McClelland | Labor | 1996-2013 | |
| Nickolas Varvaris | Liberal | 2013–2016 | |
| Linda Burney | Labor | 2016 - present | |
Dr H. V. Evatt was the Leader of the ALP 1951–60. Evatt nearly lost the seat in 1951 and 1955, and in 1958 he moved to the safe seat of Hunter.
The first member for Barton was Labor's Frederick McDonald. He disappeared after his 1925 defeat by Nationalist Thomas Ley. It is now believed that Ley had him murdered.[2] Ley was later found to be insane and died in Broadmoor Asylum in Britain. Robert McClelland, was Australia's Attorney-General. Linda Burney is the first Indigenous Australian woman elected to the Australian parliament.[3]
Election results
[change | change source]| 2022 Australian federal election: Barton[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Linda Burney | 46,206 | 50.43 | +1.24 | |
| Liberal | John Goody | 23,992 | 26.19 | −7.30 | |
| Greens | Taylor Vandijk | 11,441 | 12.49 | +3.46 | |
| United Australia | Dimitri Honos | 5,611 | 6.12 | +3.83 | |
| One Nation | Phillip Pollard | 4,373 | 4.77 | +1.11 | |
| Total formal votes | 91,623 | 92.52 | +2.05 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,405 | 7.48 | −2.05 | ||
| Turnout | 99,028 | 89.72 | −1.46 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Linda Burney | 60,054 | 65.54 | +6.13 | |
| Liberal | John Goody | 31,569 | 34.46 | −6.13 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +6.13 | |||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Barton (NSW) -". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ↑ Lateline History Challenge: Minister for Murder, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2004.
- ↑ Australia Votes | Federal Election 2016 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): Barton - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2016 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), accessdate: July 20, 2016
- ↑ Barton, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Nickolas Varvaris' website Archived 2014-01-02 at the Wayback Machine