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NSW DIVISION - PATERSON

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Division Name PATERSON
State New South Wales
Elected Member Baldwin, B (LP) 2001-
Name Derivation Named after Andrew 'Banjo' Paterson 1864-1941, Australian author and poet. There is also conjecture that the division was first named in 1947 after Colonel William Paterson 1755-1810 after whom the town and river within the division were named.
First Proclaimed / Election 1947/1949 (Division was abolished in 1984 and re-established at the 1992 redistribution.)
Area 9632 sq. kms
Demographic Rural
Seat Status Fairly Safe
Enrolment 88,057
Turnout 96.08%
Informal 6.13%
Location Paterson covers an area of approximately 9 632 sq km and extends from the Hunter River in the south to the boundary of Greater Taree in the north and west to the Great Dividing Range. The main towns include Beresfield, Bulahdelah, Dungog, Forster, Gloucester, Hawks Nest, Morpeth, Nabiac, Nelson Bay, Paterson, Raymond Terrace, Stroud, Thornton, Tuncurry and Woodberry.
Products and Industry Timber, beef and dairy cattle, mixed farming, maize, sawmilling, fishing and oyster farming, tourism, general engineering, aluminium smelting.

Members
BALDWIN, B (LP) 2001-
HORNE, R H (ALP) 1998-2001
BALDWIN, R C (LP) 1996-1998
HORNE, R H (ALP) 1993-1996
O'KEEFE, F L (CP/NCP/NP) 1969-1984
FAIRHALL, A (LP) 1949-1969

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