Division of Throsby

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Throsby
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Throsby 2010.png
Division of Throsby (green) in New South Wales
Created1984
Abolished2016
Namesake Charles Throsby
Area1,422 km2 (549.0 sq mi)
DemographicProvincial

The Division of Throsby was an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was named after Charles Throsby, a prominent pioneer and explorer in the early nineteenth century of the areas to the south of Sydney.

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Located in the Illawarra, the division covered eastern Wingecarribee Shire, extending from Exeter, Lake Yarrunga and Upper Kangaroo Valley in the south to Aylmerton, Alpine, the Avon Dam, Lake Avon, Dombarton, and Kembla Grange in the north to the Pacific Ocean in the east at Port Kembla, including the northern part of the City of Shellharbour and the southern portion of the adjacent City of Wollongong. Before its abolition, it included Albion Park, Berkeley, Berrima, Blackbutt, Bowral, Cringila, Dapto, Exeter, Fitzroy Falls, Horsley, Kembla Grange, Lake Illawarra, Mittagong, Moss Vale, Oak Flats, Port Kembla, Robertson, Warrawong, Welby, Willow Vale, and parts of Warilla.

The Division of Throsby was created in a redistribution in 1984 and had been represented by Labor since its inception. The Illawarra is one of the few non-metropolitan regions where Labor consistently does well. The area has a strong working-class character due to the presence of industries such as steelmaking, coal mining and stevedoring.

It was renamed the Division of Whitlam in 2016.

Renaming to Whitlam

In honour of former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, the Australian Electoral Commission announced in 2015 that it would rename the Division of Throsby as the Division of Whitlam, to take effect at the 2016 federal election. [1]

There were two formally lodged objections for renaming Throsby to Whitlam on the basis that the former Prime Minister's connection with the Illawarra area, particularly in the seat of Throsby, is limited to non-existent, and that it would be better suited to rename Whitlam's old parliamentary seat of Werriwa in his honour. One of the objections lodged by a Councillor of Wollongong Council stated the matter was "hotly debated in the Wollongong community since the announcement" and that council had voted against supporting the proposed change. [2] [3]

However, the change took effect on 25 February 2016. [4]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  No image.svg Colin Hollis
(1938–)
Labor 1 December 1984
8 October 2001
Previously held the Division of Macarthur. Retired
  Jenniegeorge.jpg Jennie George
(1947–)
Labor 10 November 2001
19 July 2010
Retired
  Stephen Jones MP July 2014.jpg Stephen Jones
(1965–)
Labor 21 August 2010
2 July 2016
Transferred to the Division of Whitlam after Throsby was abolished in 2016

Election results

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References

  1. Glenday, James (16 October 2015). "Australian Electoral Commission to abolish Federal NSW seat of Hunter". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2014/nsw/files/objections/nsw16-ob0493-michelle-blicavs.pdf
  3. http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2014/nsw/files/objections/nsw16-ob0124-john-griggs.pdf
  4. AEC, Division of Whitlam

Coordinates: 34°32′02″S150°33′07″E / 34.534°S 150.552°E / -34.534; 150.552