Division of Dobell

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Dobell
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of DOBELL 2016.png
Division of Dobell in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created1984
MP Emma McBride
Party Labor
Namesake Sir William Dobell
Electors 118,581 (2022)
Area787 km2 (303.9 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial

The Division of Dobell is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Dobell is a NSW Central Coast electorate with large populations of both retirees and young families fleeing Sydney's expensive real estate [1] . The electorate includes the northern suburbs of Gosford, Terrigal, The Entrance, Bateau Bay, Berkeley Vale, Toukley, Budgewoi and Wyong [1] .

The current MP is Emma McBride, a member of the Australian Labor Party. She has served since 2016.

History

Sir William Dobell, the division's namesake William Dobell Max Dupain.jpg
Sir William Dobell, the division's namesake

The Division of Dobell was created in 1984 and is named in honour of Sir William Dobell, the painter. Dobell was originally a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, but grew increasingly marginal from 1996 onward. The seat was ultimately won by the Liberal Party in the 2001 election. The Liberals consolidated their hold on the seat at the 2004 election; however Labor regained the seat at the 2007 election when Craig Thomson defeated Ken Ticehurst.

Its most prominent members have been Michael Lee, a former minister in the Keating government and later Councillor for the City of Sydney, who held the seat for Labor between 1984 and 2001; and Craig Thomson.

Thomson, a former union official, was elected to represent Labor in 2007 and gained notoriety when, as part of the Health Services Union expenses affair, it was alleged there was improper use of Thomson's union-issued corporate credit card. In April 2012, Thomson sought suspension from the Labor Party and sat on the crossbench as an independent member of the House of Representatives. [2] Thomson stood as an independent candidate at the subsequent 2013 Federal Election and received 4% of the vote. After leaving parliament, Thomson was found guilty of fraud. [3]

A redistribution prior to the 2016 federal election saw Dobell change from a marginal Liberal seat in to a notional marginal Labor seat with a notional Labor two-party margin of 0.2 percent. [4] Incumbent Liberal member Karen McNamara re-contested the seat, [5] but was defeated by Labor candidate Emma McBride, the daughter of former state MP Grant McBride, on a swing of four percent.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [6]

The division is located in the Central Coast region and includes the towns of The Entrance, Tuggerah and Wyong. The electorate stretches from Blue Haven in the north to Wyoming in the south, from The Entrance in the East through the Jilliby Valley. The division includes the suburbs Bateau Bay, Berkeley Vale, Blue Haven, The Entrance, Gorokan, Jilliby, Lisarow, Ourimbah, Toukley, Tuggerah, Tumbi Umbi, Wamberal, Wyoming, and Wyong.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  No image.svg Michael Lee
(1957–)		 Labor 1 December 1984 –
10 November 2001 		Served as minister under Keating. Lost seat
  No image.svg Ken Ticehurst
(1945–)		 Liberal 10 November 2001 –
24 November 2007 		Lost seat
  Craig Thomson.jpg Craig Thomson
(1964–)		 Labor 24 November 2007 –
29 April 2012		Lost seat
  Independent 29 April 2012 –
7 September 2013
  No image.svg Karen McNamara
(1964–)		 Liberal 7 September 2013 –
2 July 2016 		Lost seat
  Emma McBride Tacoma Public School 2017 (cropped).jpg Emma McBride
(1975–)		 Labor 2 July 2016 –
present		Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Dobell.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: Dobell [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Emma McBride 43,73942.89+1.40
Liberal Michael Feneley34,36833.70−7.03
Greens Cath Connor8,7028.53+1.06
One Nation Martin Stevenson7,5967.45+7.45
United Australia Dean Mackin3,8263.75−1.58
Fusion Geoff Barnes2,2162.17+2.17
Liberal Democrats Eliot Metherell1,5441.51+1.51
Total formal votes101,99195.68+1.65
Informal votes4,6014.32−1.65
Turnout 106,59289.89−2.16
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Emma McBride 57,61556.49+4.99
Liberal Michael Feneley44,37643.51−4.99
Labor hold Swing +4.99
Results are not final. Last updated on 11 June 2022 at 8:30 pm AEST.
Primary vote results in Dobell (Parties that did not get 5% of the vote are omitted)
  Labor
  Liberal
  Greens
  Australian Democrats
  One Nation
  Palmer United/United Australia Party
  Independent
Two-candidate-preferred results in Dobell

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dobell (Key Seat) - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "Embattled Thomson suspended from Labor Party". ABC News . 29 April 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Cooper, Adam (18 February 2014). "Craig Thomson found guilty of fraud, theft charges". Sydney Morning Herald . AAP . Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  4. ↑ 2016 election pendulum: Antony Green ABC
  5. ↑ Dobell - 2016 federal election: Antony Green ABC
  6. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Dobell, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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