Division Profile
| Division Name |
NEW ENGLAND |
| State |
New South Wales |
| Elected Member |
Joyce, B (NP) 2013- |
| Name Derivation |
Named after the area of New England, the largest highland area in Australia. |
| First Proclaimed / Election |
1900/1901 |
| Area |
59344 sq. kms |
| Demographic |
Rural |
| Pre-Election Seat Status |
Safe |
| Seat Status |
Safe |
| Enrolment |
102,116 |
| Turnout |
95.16% |
| Informal |
6.05% |
| Location |
New England covers an area of approximately 59,344 sq km from the Queensland border in the north to the Gunnedah, Liverpool Plains, Tamworth Regional and Walcha local government areas in the south. The main towns include Armidale, Barraba, Bundarra, Deepwater, Glen Innes, Gunnedah, Guyra, Inverell, Manilla, Quirindi, Tamworth, Tenterfield, Uralla, Walcha, Werris Creek and parts of Delungra and Urbenville. |
| Products and Industry |
Cattle, sheep, grain, forestry, dairying, oats, maize, fruit, vegetables, tin-mining, bricks, trout hatchery, tourism, concrete pipe works, leather goods, tannery, gemstones, tobacco, lucerne, honey, grain processing, rubber industry, plaster works and concrete. |
Members
| Joyce, B (NP) 2013- |
| Windsor, T (IND) 2001-2013 |
| St Clair, S (NP) 1998-2001 |
| Sinclair, I (CP/NCP/NP) 1963-1998 |
| Drummond, D H (CP) 1949-1963 |
| Abbott, J P (CP) 1940-1949 |
| Thompson, V C (CP) 1922-1940 |
| Hay, A (NAT & FARMERS/CP/IND) 1919-1922 |
| Abbott, P P (LIB/NAT) 1913-1919 |
| Foster, F J (ALP) 1906-1913 |
| Lonsdale, E (FT) 1903-1906 |
| Sawers, W B S C (PROT) 1901-1903 |
Please Note: the division profile displayed above was at the time of the election. Please consult the AEC website for the most current division profile.
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