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Barker
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Barker (green) in South AustraliaCreated: 1903 MP: Patrick Secker Party: Liberal Namesake: Collet Barker Area: 64,015 km² (24,716 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia.
The division was created in 1903 and is named for Collet Barker, an early explorer of the region at the mouth of the Murray River. It has always been based in the south-eastern rural areas of South Australia, centred on Bordertown and Mount Gambier, but in recent years its boundaries have been extended to the north to include Riverland towns such as Renmark. Barker has always been a safe seat for the conservative parties and has been held continuously by the Liberal Party since that party's creation in 1944. The seat became particularly safe after the expansion of parliament in 1949 which removed the division's city territory around Glenelg. Its most prominent members have been Archie Cameron, a leader of the Country Party and later Speaker of the House and Ian McLachlan, a Cabinet minister in the Howard government.
Members
Member Party Term Langdon Bonython Protectionist 1903–1906 John Livingston Anti-Socialist 1906–1909 Commonwealth Liberal 1909–1916 Nationalist 1916–1922 Malcolm Cameron Liberal Union 1922–1925 Nationalist 1925–1931 United Australia 1931–1934 Archie Cameron Country 1934–1940 United Australia 1940–1944 Liberal 1944–1956 Jim Forbes Liberal 1956–1975 James Porter Liberal 1975–1990 Ian McLachlan Liberal 1990–1998 Patrick Secker Liberal 1998–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of BarkerAustralian federal election, 2010: Barker Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Patrick Secker 51,810 54.96 +8.15 Labor Simone McDonnell 26,433 28.04 -2.03 Greens Sean Moffat 8,607 9.13 +4.06 Family First Trevor Honeychurch 5,829 6.18 +0.46 Climate Sceptics Steven Davies 1,591 1.69 +1.69 Total formal votes 94,270 94.54 -1.61 Informal votes 5,443 5.46 +1.61 Turnout 99,713 95.07 -0.90 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal Patrick Secker 59,278 62.88 +3.43 Labor Simone McDonnell 34,992 37.12 -3.43 Liberal hold Swing +3.43 References
Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in South Australia Adelaide · Barker · Boothby · Grey · Hindmarsh · Kingston · Makin · Mayo · Port Adelaide · Sturt · Wakefield
Abolished: Angas (1903-34) · Angas (1949-77) · Bonython · Hawker · South Australia
Divisions in: New South Wales · Victoria · Queensland · Western Australia · South Australia · Tasmania · Australian Capital and Northern TerritoriesCategories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
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