Division of Grey

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Grey Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	South Australia
Created:	1903
MP:	Rowan Ramsey
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	George Grey
Electors:	98,074
Area:	904,881 km² (349,376.5 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 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.

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Poynton	Labor	1903—1916
		Nationalist	1916—1922
	Andrew Lacey	Labor	1922—1931
	Philip McBride	United Australia	1931—1937
	Albert 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

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Grey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	42,132	47.26	-9.24
	Labor	Karin Bolton	34,466	38.66	+8.35
	Family First	Mal Holland	4,009	4.50	-0.55
	Greens	Rosalie Garland	3,669	4.12	+0.82
	National	Wilbur Klein	2,725	3.06	+3.06
	Democrats	Gil Robertson	1,094	1.23	-1.11
	Independent	David Wright	1,050	1.18	+1.18
Total formal votes			89,145	95.75	+0.80
Informal votes			3,961	4.25	-0.80
Turnout			93,106	94.93	+0.74
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Rowan Ramsey	48,522	54.43	-9.39
	Labor	Karin Bolton	40,623	45.57	+9.39
	Liberal hold		Swing	-9.39

Australian federal election, 2004: Grey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Barry Wakelin	49,155	56.49	+2.01
	Labor	John Hackett	26,375	30.31	-0.86
	Family First	Roger Kleinig	4,397	5.05	+5.05
	Greens	Felicity Martin	2,872	3.30	+0.87
	Democrats	Gil Robertson	2,036	2.34	-2.46
	One Nation	Peter Fitzpatrick	1,903	2.19	-4.93
	Citizens Electoral Council	Paul Siebert	270	0.31	+0.31
Total formal votes			87,008	94.95	-0.28
Informal votes			4,631	5.05	+0.28
Turnout			91,639	94.19	-0.99
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Barry Wakelin	55,528	63.82	+3.17
	Labor	John Hackett	31,480	36.18	-3.17
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.17

[edit] External links

• 2004 election results
• Map of division
• Old division boundaries

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