| Farrer Australian House of Representatives Division | |||||||||||||||
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 Division of Farrer in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election | |||||||||||||||
| Created | 1949 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Sussan Ley | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Liberal | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | William Farrer | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 119,364 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 126,590 km2 (48,876.7 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Rural and provincial | ||||||||||||||
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The Division of Farrer is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.
It includes the cities of Albury and Griffith. Prior to 2016, it also included the city of Broken Hill.
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. [1]
The division was created in 1949 and is named for William Farrer, an agricultural scientist.
The division is located in the far south-western area of the state and includes Albury, Corowa, Narrandera, Leeton, Griffith, Deniliquin, Hay, Balranald and Wentworth.
The sitting member, since the 2001 election, is Sussan Ley, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia and that party's deputy leader since 2022. [2]
The 2015 redistribution resulted in Farrer significantly shrunk in size, ceding the state's Far West including Broken Hill to the seat of Parkes. [3] The seat previously gained this area from Parkes in the 2006 redistribution. [4]
It has always been a safe non-Labor seat, alternating between the Liberal Party and the National Party. All four of its members have gone on to serve in cabinet, most notably Tim Fischer, leader of the National Party from 1990 to 1999 and Deputy Prime Minister from 1996 to 1999 during the first half of the Howard government.
| Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | David Fairbairn (1917–1994) | Liberal | 10 December 1949 – 11 November 1975 | Served as minister under Menzies, Holt, McEwen, Gorton and McMahon. Retired | |
 | Wal Fife (1929–2017) | 13 December 1975 – 1 December 1984 | Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Wagga Wagga. Served as minister under Fraser. Transferred to the Division of Hume | ||
 | Tim Fischer (1946–2019) | Nationals | 1 December 1984 – 8 October 2001 | Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Murray. Served as minister and Deputy Prime Minister under Howard. Retired | |
 | Sussan Ley (1961–) | Liberal | 10 November 2001 – present | Served as minister under Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sussan Ley | 52,566 | 52.26 | +1.55 | |
| Labor | Darren Cameron | 19,097 | 18.99 | +4.35 | |
| Greens | Eli Davern | 9,163 | 9.11 | +4.45 | |
| One Nation | Richard Francis | 6,363 | 6.33 | +6.33 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Paul Britton | 5,339 | 5.31 | +5.31 | |
| United Australia | Julie Ramos | 3,270 | 3.25 | −1.01 | |
| Independent | Amanda Duncan-Strelec | 3,189 | 3.17 | +3.17 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Roworth | 1,595 | 1.59 | +0.48 | |
| Total formal votes | 100,582 | 92.41 | +1.54 | ||
| Informal votes | 8,256 | 7.59 | −1.54 | ||
| Turnout | 108,838 | 91.28 | −1.36 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Sussan Ley | 66,739 | 66.35 | −3.48 | |
| Labor | Darren Cameron | 33,843 | 33.65 | +3.48 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | −3.48 | |||
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