Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Barker, South Australia
The Division of Barker was created in 1903. It named for Captain Collet Barker (1784-1831), explorer of the mouth of the Murray.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1903: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Strathalbyn
1922: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Plympton
1934: Glenelg, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge
1949: Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Strathalbyn, Victor Harbour
1955: Millicent, Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Victor Harbour
1969: Bordertown, Millicent, Mt Gambier, Willunga
1977: Bordertown, Millicent, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge
1984: Bordertown, Mt Gambier, Naracoorte, Renmark
1993: Bordertown, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge, Naracoorte
2001: Bordertown, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge, Naracoorte
2004: Bordertown, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge, Renmark
2013: Bordertown, Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge, Renmark
2019: Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Renmark, Waikerie
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1903: Protectionist unopposed
1906: Anti-Socialist 08.1
1910: Liberal 09.5
1913: Liberal 09.0
1914: Liberal 06.7
1917: Nationalist 13.9
1919: Nationalist 14.1
1922: Nationalist 02.3
1925: Nationalist 11.6
1928: Nationalist 02.6
1929: Nationalist 01.2
1931: United Australia 20.7
1934: Country Party 18.7
1937: Country Party 13.6
1940: Country Party 15.9
1943: United Australia 01.7
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1946: Liberal 06.4
1949: Liberal 15.8
1951: Liberal 12.7
1954: Liberal 12.9
1955: Liberal 17.7
1956b: Liberal 07.8
1958: Liberal 13.5
1961: Liberal 08.2
1963: Liberal 07.9
1966: Liberal 17.2
1969: Liberal 07.8
1972: Liberal 09.5
1974: Liberal 15.2
1975: Liberal 17.3
1977: Liberal 17.8
1980: Liberal 16.1
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1983: Liberal 13.8
1984: Liberal 12.7
1987: Liberal 11.6
1990: Liberal 13.6
1993: Liberal 16.0
1996: Liberal 20.9
1998: Liberal 13.7
2001: Liberal 15.6
2004: Liberal 19.9
2007: Liberal 09.5
2010: Liberal 12.9
2013: Liberal 16.5
2016: Liberal 04.7 *1
2019: Liberal 18.9
2022: Liberal 16.6
2025: Liberal 13.0
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*1 Majority over Xenophon Team
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1903-2025
Click here to see full results for Barker at every election since 1903.
MEMBERS FOR BARKER
Hon Sir Langdon Bonython (Prot) 1903-06
John Livingston (AS, Lib, Nat) 1906-22
Malcolm Cameron (Lib, Nat, UAP) 1922-34
Hon Archie Cameron (CP, UAP, Lib) 1934-56
Hon Dr Jim Forbes (Lib) 1956b-75
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James Porter (Lib) 1975-90
Hon Ian McLachlan (Lib) 1990-98
Patrick Secker (Lib) 1998-2013
Tony Pasin (Lib) 2013-
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| Hon Sir Langdon Bonython (Prot) 1903-06 |
John Livingston (AS, Lib, Nat) 1906-22 |
Malcolm Cameron (Lib, Nat, UAP) 1922-34 |
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| Hon Archie Cameron (CP, UAP, Lib) 1934-56 |
Hon Dr Jim Forbes (Lib) 1956-75 |
James Porter (Lib) 1975-90 |
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| Hon Ian McLachlan (Lib) 1990-98 |
Patrick Secker (Lib) 1998-2013 |
Tony Pasin (Lib) 2013- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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