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Division of Hunter, New South Wales

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The Division of Hunter was created in 1901. It is named for the Hunter River (after Captain John Hunter (1737-1821), Governor of NSW 1795-1800).

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Maitland, Singleton
1906: Cessnock, Dungog, Kurri Kurri, Maitland
1913: Cessnock, Maitland, Kurri Kurri, Teralba
1922: Cessnock, Maitland, Wallsend, Weston
1934: Cessnock, Charlestown, Maitland, Wallsend
1949: Belmont, Cessnock, Charlestown, Kurri Kurri
1955: Bolaroo, Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Wallsend
1969: Cardiff, Cessnock, Toronto, Wallsend
1977: Cardiff, Cessnock, Toronto, Wallsend
1984: Branxton, Cessnock, Maitland, Singleton
1993: Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Muswellbrook, Singleton
2001: Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Muswellbrook, Singleton
2007: Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Muswellbrook, Singleton
2010: Cessnock, Maitland, Muswellbrook, Singleton
2016: Cessnock, Muswellbrook, Singleton, Toronto
2025: Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Singleton, Toronto

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1901: Protectionist unopposed
1903: Free Trade 13.3 *1
1906: Anti-Socialist 00.8
1910: Labor 10.9
1913: Labor 04.5
1914: Labor 04.6
1917: Labor 03.4
1919: Labor 08.9
1922: Labor unopposed
1925: Labor 21.3
1928: Labor 20.6
1929: Labor unopposed
1931: Lang Labor 07.2
1934: Lang Labor 24.3 *2
1937: Labor unopposed
1940: Labor 25.0 *3
1943: Labor unopposed

1946: Labor 30.3
1949: Labor 27.3
1951: Labor 28.9
1954: Labor 26.5
1955: Labor 27.8
1958: Labor 27.5
1960b: Labor 27.2 *4
1961: Labor 30.6
1963: Labor 27.6
1966: Labor 23.6
1969: Labor 23.5
1972: Labor 25.1
1974: Labor 24.0
1975: Labor 18.4
1977: Labor 16.5
1980: Labor 21.3

1983: Labor 22.6
1984: Labor 02.4
1987: Labor 03.6
1990: Labor 08.5
1993: Labor 13.9
1996: Labor 07.0
1998: Labor 14.7
2001: Labor 10.9
2004: Labor 13.8
2007: Labor 15.9
2010: Labor 12.5
2013: Labor 03.7
2016: Labor 12.5
2019: Labor 03.0
2022: Labor 04.0
2025: Labor 09.0 *5

*1 Majority over Protectionist
*2 Majority over Labor
*3 Majority over State Labor
*4 Majority over independent
*5 Majority over One Nation

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
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MEMBERS FOR HUNTER

Rt Hon Edmund Barton (Prot) 1901-03
Dr Frank Liddell (FT, AS, Lib) 1903-10
Matthew Charlton (ALP) 1910-28
Rowland James (ALP, ALP-NSW, ALP) 1928-58
Rt Hon Dr Herbert Evatt (ALP) 1958-60

Albert James (ALP) 1960b-80
Robert Brown (ALP) 1980-84
Eric Fitzgibbon (ALP) 1984-96
Hon Joel Fitzgibbon (ALP) 1996-2022
Daniel Repacholi (ALP) 2022-
Rt Hon Edmund Barton (Prot) 1901-03 Dr Frank Liddell (FT, AS, Lib) 1903-10 Matthew Charlton (ALP) 1910-28

Rowland James (ALP, ALP-NSW, ALP)
1928-58		 Rt Hon Dr Herbert Evatt (ALP) 1958-60 Bert James (ALP) 1960-80

Robert Brown (ALP) 1980-84 Eric Fitzgibbon (ALP) 1984-96 Hon Joel Fitzgibbon (ALP) 1996-2022

Dan Repacholi (ALP) 2022-

CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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