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Grey
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Grey (green) in South AustraliaCreated: 1903 MP: Rowan Ramsey Party: Liberal Namesake: George Grey Area: 904,881 km² (349,377 sq mi) Demographic: Rural The Division of Grey is an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia.
The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir George Grey, who was Governor of South Australia 1841-45 (and later Prime Minister of New Zealand).
The division covers the rural mid-north and north of South Australia, spanning 92% of the state (approx. 904,881 square kilometres). The borders of the electorate include the Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales borders, in addition to much of the southern coastal border. The electorate spans to Marion Bay and Eudunda in the south. The main population centres of the electorate include Ceduna, Port Lincoln, Whyalla, Port Augusta, Roxby Downs, Coober Pedy, Port Pirie, Kadina, Maitland, Orroroo, Peterborough, Burra and Eudunda.
Grey was held by the Australian Labor Party for much of its history, but redistributions (such as the latest inclusion of Yorke Peninsula and the upper east) and the decline of the Labor vote in the mining and pastoral areas, due to the closure of many mining operations, has made it today a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party.
Members
Member Party Term Alexander Poynton Labor 1903–1916 Nationalist 1916–1922 Andrew Lacey Labor 1922–1931 Philip McBride United Australia 1931–1937 Oliver Badman Country 1937–1940 United Australia 1940–1943 Edgar Russell Labor 1943–1963 Jack Mortimer Labor 1963–1966 Don Jessop Liberal 1966–1969 Laurie Wallis Labor 1969–1983 Lloyd O'Neil Labor 1983–1993 Barry Wakelin Liberal 1993–2007 Rowan Ramsey Liberal 2007–present Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of GreyAustralian federal election, 2010: Grey Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Rowan Ramsey 49,361 55.78 +8.52 Labor Tauto Sansbury 27,514 31.09 -7.57 Greens Andrew Melville-Smith 6,876 7.77 +3.65 Family First Sylvia Holland 4,741 5.36 +0.86 Total formal votes 88,492 94.65 -1.10 Informal votes 4,997 5.35 +1.10 Turnout 93,489 93.66 -1.29 Two-candidate preferred result Liberal Rowan Ramsey 54,119 61.16 +6.73 Labor Tauto Sansbury 34,373 38.84 -6.73 Liberal hold Swing +6.73 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 Territories Categories:- Electoral divisions of Australia
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