Allan fraser won the seat for labor in the wartime landslide of 1943, and retained it against the tide in 1949 and 1951. A4 map of the electoral division of eden monaro 2016 pdf 10mb detailed map of the electoral division of eden monaro 2016 pdf 42. Named after the two areas in which the electoral division is located. Elected to the house of representatives for eden monaro, new south wales, 2007. May 05, 2020 nsw transport minister andrew constance has confirmed he wants to be the liberal party candidate at the upcoming byelection in the federal seat of eden monaro. Eden monaro is a mixed electorate covering 29,499 sq.
May 05, 2020 nationals trade blows over john barilaros aborted tilt at eden monaro. It is named for the town of eden and the monaro district of southern new south wales. Three liberals fighting for edenmonaro as navy veteran joins race. Lukas cochepa labor wants to make the eden monaro byelection a. The coalitions chances werent helped by the leak of texts from barilaro to. This election should be about the seat of edenmonaro, it shouldnt be about anything else. Colonel michael joseph kelly, am born 23 february 1960 is a former australian politician who twice represented the division of edenmonaro in the parliament of australia. Edenmonaro byelection offers the first tantalising taste of post. Edenmonaro covers parts of southeastern new south wales surrounding the act, along the south coast and in the snowy mountains. And morrisons national popularity isnt necessarily shared by the 114,000 voters in. The eden electorate was created in 1871 for the 5th parliament.
The electorate of eden monaro has long been regarded as a bellwether seat. Fiona kotvojs named liberal nominee for edenmonaro by. Liv february 2016 n map of the federal electoral division of. The division of edenmonaro is an australian electoral division in the state of new south wales history. A social and cultural history of medicine in nsw the southern tablelands and cooma monaro, edited and published by a j proust, 1038 national circuit, forrest act 2603. This election should be about the seat of eden monaro, it shouldnt be about anything else. John arthur perkins was born at gocup, near tumut 18 may 1878.
May 02, 2020 eden monaro is an electorate with a bit of everything, stretching from the regional centre of queanbeyan, a dormitory for canberra, through farming lands and mountains to the coast. Labor framing edenmonaro byelection as community versus morrison government campaign shaping up as bigname liberal and national candidates against local mayor kristy mcbain. Profile of the electoral division of edenmonaro nsw. This is a list of electoral results for the division of edenmonaro in australian federal elections from the electorate s creation in 1901 until the present. Electoral results for the division of edenmonaro wikipedia. From 1972 to 20, it was hailed as a bellwether, going with the government of the day. Bodalla public school, 7 potato point rd, bodalla nsw 2545. Published regularly, this newsletter is designed to keep people informed about our activities including.
Can the government defy history and return edenmonaro to. February 2016 n map of the federal electoral division of. The classic litmus test seat, edenmonaro has been won by the party that formed government at every election since 1972. The division of eden monaro is an australian electoral division in the state of new south wales. A4 map of the electoral division of edenmonaro 2016 pdf 10mb detailed map of the electoral division of edenmonaro 2016 pdf 42. May 24, 2020 fiona kotvojs will become the liberal partys candidate for the upcoming byelection in eden monaro after winning a vote saturday evening. Kelly was first elected to the house of representatives for the division of edenmonaro at the 2007 federal election and.
May 11, 2020 eden monaro is traditionally described as a bellwether seat, an electorate that leads and mirrors the political mood of the country. But a bellwether is in fact the treacherous sheep who leads its trusting flock to the abattoir for slaughter. From the 1972 federal election to the 20 federal election, the seat was won by a member of the same political party that also formed government following the election. Whoever wins will make history as the first woman to hold the seat, which was vacated by labor mp mike kelly. The federal electorate of edenmonaro has an approximate area of 42,000 km. Andrew constance confirms he will run for edenmonaro. Australian high country, by klaus hueneke, tabletop press 1994, isbn 9590841 4 2. Eden monaro byelection offers the first tantalising taste of postpandemic politics. Apr 30, 2020 mr barilaros state electorate covers the queanbeyan area, where the majority of the edenmonaro population lives. The spelling was changed to monaro from 1877 until 1894.
The electorate was created in 1856 for the first parliament under the name maneroo, derived from an aboriginal name for the area, now spelt monaro. Eden monaro is traditionally described as a bellwether seat, an electorate which leads and mirrors the political mood of he country. The classic litmus test seat, eden monaro has been won by the party that formed government at every election since 1972. May 15, 2020 on friday, may 22, rank and file branch members from the eden monaro electorate will hear from the two nominees and have the opportunity to ask them both questions during a teletown hall meeting. He has been handed a by election in one of the most marginal seats in the country and what could have been a difficult but achievable win now could well cause a rewriting of the history books. Then the cart overtook the horse and the story became we might lose. Nationals trade blows over john barilaros aborted tilt at.
The eden monaro byelection has taken another twist as debate erupts over whether labors candidate deliberately spelled the constituency wrong on her own facebook page. Until this morning, albanese and labor looked well placed to hang on to the 0. Andrew constance confirms he will run for parliament at the. He was succeeded in 1876 by joseph tole, who served until 1887. It is represented by steve whan of the australian labor party according to the report for the 2004 redistribution of electoral districts, it is estimated that the electoral district will have 46,979 electors on 29 april 2007.
It completely surrounds the australian capital territory. Labor candidate kristy mcbain for edenmonaro makes bizarre. Possible byelection looms in edenmonaro canberra citynews. Its been the summer and autumn from hell for very many of the voters in the nsw federal seat of edenmonaro, a labor electorate on under 1. It was renamed monara for the second parliament in february 1858. Nsw transport minister andrew constance has confirmed he will seek preselection for the federal seat of eden monaro as a liberal candidate. Labor leader anthony albanese has warned that retaining the nsw seat of edenmonaro will be a challenge, even though it has been 100. Edenmonaro is a mixed electorate covering 29,499 sq. February 2016 n map of the federal electoral division of eden.
Parliamentary secretary to the minister for defence from 3. May 07, 2020 eden monaro might have shed its bellwether status in the past two elections but it is still a 5050 electorate. The library also has a good collection of history books about queanbeyan. If labor loses edenmonaro, stand by for civil war the.
In 1894, singlemember electorates were introduced statewide and part of the electorate, including bombala, was absorbed into edenbombala. Liberals reveal candidates for edenmonaro preselection. No opposition has lost a seat to a sitting government in a century. May 03, 2020 nsw deputy premier john barilaro will not contest the key federal seat of eden monaro, paving the way for the states transport minister andrew constance to make the switch to national politics. Edenmonaro is an original federation seat, and because of its position in the corner of the state, it has always covered mostly the same area. Electoral division names and boundaries of adjoining electoral divisions names and boundaries of local government areas 2015 eden monaro february 2016 map of the federal electoral division of n 0 25 km eden monaro sources this map has been compiled by spatial vision from data supplied by the australian electoral commission. Blv eden monaro, morisset house, ground floor, 79 morisset st, queanbeyan nsw 2620. Parts of the electorate were hit by the recent bush fires. The beef farmer from dignams creek on the nsw south. Until 1943 the seat was held by nonlabor parties for all but three years. Elected to the house of representatives for eden monaro, new south wales, 2016. The seat was a safe conservative seat for the first few decades, but it has been a marginal seat since the second world war, and has been considered a bellwether seat since 1972, having always. No longer a bellwether, edenmonaro could still take a toll inside. The division of edenmonaro is an australian electoral division in the state of new south wales.
If i do this, i do this knowing i could be out of politics, he said. May 12, 20 the most common source of employment in the edenmonaro electorate is public administration and safety almost 15. Labor framing edenmonaro byelection as community versus. Edenmonaro was held by conservatives of various stripes for all but one term until 1943, the exception being labors 40vote win when jim scullins government came to power in 1929. Now with the resignation of edenmonaro mp mike kelly, a wellliked and widely respected local member in one of the most marginal seats in the nation labor by less than one per cent albaneses leadership faces a real test. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. Major centres include bega, yass, tumut, queanbeyan and cooma. But a bellwether is in fact the treacherous sheep that leads its trusting flock to the abattoir for slaughter. Theres a federal byelection on the way in edenmonaro, the nsw.
The largest concentration of voters lives in the canberra overflow around queanbeyan, but the electorate. Polling shows the eden monaro federal byelection is set to be a tight contest, with the economy and climate change the top concerns for voters in the south coast electorate. The perkins papers are a collection of typescript papers illustrating the social history of the electorate of eden monaro and the towns of tumut and adelong from 1823 to 1948. Electoral division names and boundaries of adjoining electoral divisions names and boundaries of local government areas 2015 edenmonaro february 2016 map of the federal electoral division of n 0 25 km edenmonaro sources this map has been compiled by spatial vision from data supplied by the australian electoral commission, australian bureau of statistics, psma, geoscience.
The electorate, in southeast nsw, has been hard hit, first by drought, then by bushfires and now by the coronavirus. At the 2016 election, the seat was won by mike kelly, who defeated incumbent liberal mp peter hendy. Rohan thomson act labor secretary matt byrne said their seselja liberals website was. He has been handed a byelection in one of the most marginal seats in the country and what could have been a difficult but achievable win now could well cause a rewriting of the history books. Monaro is an electoral district of the legislative assembly in the australia n state of new south wales. The core of the electorate includes bega and the far south coast, cooma and the monaro region, and. Liv february 2016 n map of the federal electoral division.
Barilaro holds the overlapping state electorate of monaro, where he gained a 9% swing at last years state election, but the nationals have never. Edenmonaro is an original federation seat in the southeastern corner of new south wales. Edenmonaro, the bellwether seat request pdf researchgate. Bushfireravaged edenmonaros candidates selfimmolate. Edenmonaro byelection offers the first tantalising taste. Lukas cochepa labor wants to make the edenmonaro byelection a. Speaking from narooma in his current state electorate of. Edenmonaro is an electorate with a bit of everything, stretching from the regional centre of queanbeyan, a dormitory for canberra, through farming lands and mountains to the coast. Labor leader anthony albanese has warned that retaining the nsw seat of eden monaro will be a challenge, even though it has been 100. Can the government return edenmonaro to bellwether status.
The first elected representative was robert james creighton, who won the 1871 election. The coalition appears to be doing its best to lose a byelection that could make political history. Its boundaries have changed very little throughout its history, and it includes the towns of yass, bega and cooma and the city of queanbeyan. Edenmonaro 2010 federal election abc news australian. Nsw deputy premier will not contest edenmonaro, paving way.