Division of Barrier

Barrier Australian House of Representatives Division
Created:	1901
Abolished:	1922
Namesake:	Barrier Range

The Division of Barrier was an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It was named for the Barrier Range near the city of Broken Hill in western New South Wales. In 1901 it included Broken Hill, Wilcannia, White Cliffs and Tibooburra and the surrounding pastoral areas. In 1906 it gained Menindee, Wentworth from Riverina and in 1913 it gained Balranald and Deniliquin from Riverina. It was abolished in 1922 with Broken Hill, Wentworth and Balranald being transferred to Darling and Deniliquin transferred to Riverina.^[1] It was a very safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, although both its members left the ALP at the end their terms: Josiah Thomas to join the Nationalists, and Michael Considine (a radical socialist) to sit as an independent.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Josiah Thomas	Labor	1901–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	Michael Considine	Labor	1917–1919
		Independent	1919–1920
		Industrial Socialist Labor	1920–1922

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Barrier

References

1. ^ Rhodes, Glenn (1989). Commonwealth of Australia 1901-1988 Electoral Distributions. Commonwealth of Australia. ISBN 0644 08083 3.