Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Lyne, New South Wales
The Division of Lyne was created in 1949. It is named for Rt Hon Sir William Lyne (1844-1913), NSW MP 1880-1901, Premier 1899-1901, federal MP 1901-13.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1949: Kempsey, Macksville, Port Macquarie, Taree
1955: Kempsey, Port Macquarie, Raymond Terrace, Taree
1969: Nelson Bay, Port Macquarie, Stockton, Taree
1977: Forster, Maitland East, Nelson Bay, Taree
1984: Gloucester, Port Stephens, Taree, Wingham
1993: Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Wingham
2001: Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Wingham
2007: Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Wingham
2010: Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Wingham
2016: Dungog, Forster, Gloucester, Taree
2025: Dungog, Forster, Gloucester, Taree
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Country Party 16.0
1951: Country Party 18.8
1952b: Country Party 09.0
1954: Country Party 05.6
1955: Country Party 11.8
1958: Country Party 11.5
1961: Country Party 09.0
1963: Country Party 12.9
1966: Country Party 16.6
1969: Country Party 11.3
1972: Country Party 04.9
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1974: Country Party 11.8
1975: Nationals 14.5
1977: Nationals 11.4
1980: Nationals 08.9
1983: Nationals 05.3
1984: Nationals 05.4
1987: Nationals 09.8
1990: Nationals 07.3
1993: Nationals 04.2
1996: Nationals 15.4
1998: Nationals 09.7
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2001: Nationals 11.1
2004: Nationals 13.0
2007: Nationals 08.6
2008b: Independent 23.9 *1
2010: Independent 12.7 *1
2013: Nationals 14.8
2016: Nationals 11.6
2019: Nationals 15.2
2022: Nationals 13.8
2025: Nationals 09.8
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*1 Majority over Nationals
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
Click here to see full results for Lyne at every election since 1949.
MEMBERS FOR LYNE
Jim Eggins (CP) 1949-52
Philip Lucock (CP, NCP) 1952b-80
Bruce Cowan (NCP, NPA) 1980-93
Hon Mark Vaile (NPA) 1993-2008
Rob Oakeshott (Ind) 2008-13
Hon Dr David Gillespie (Nat) 2013-25
Alison Penfold (Nat) 2025-
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| Jim Eggins (CP) 1949-52 |
Philip Lucock (CP, NCP) 1952-80 |
Bruce Cowan (NCP, NPA) 1980-93 |
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| Hon Mark Vaile (NPA) 1993-2008 |
Rob Oakeshott (Ind) 2008-13 |
Hon Dr David Gillespie (Nat) 2013-25 |
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Alison Penfold (Nat) 2025-
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CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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