Division of Mitchell

The Division of Mitchell is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

Mitchell
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Mitchell in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created1949
MPAlex Hawke
PartyLiberal
NamesakeSir Thomas Mitchell
Electors110,402 (2019)
Area101 km2 (39.0 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan

History
Sir Thomas Mitchell, the division's namesake

The division is named after Major Thomas Mitchell, surveyor and explorer who was the first European to explore large areas of New South Wales and Victoria. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election. The majority of the electorate is fairly conservative, and it has been a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia for most of its existence. Labor has won it twice, for one term each. Labor last won it in 1972 in the swing that brought Gough Whitlam to power. However, proving this seat's conservative nature, the Liberals took it back in 1974 and have held it without serious difficulty since then. A 1984 redistribution cut out Richmond and the Hawkesbury River area, making this already safely conservative seat even more so. The current Member for Mitchell, since the 2007 federal election, is Liberal Alex Hawke.

The seat includes most of the Hills District, a region with a large evangelical Christian population that has pushed the seat further to the right. However, the southernmost suburbs of North Rocks, Northmead and Winston Hills are located in the Parramatta local government area, and share that LGA's bellwether tendencies. They been won by Labor at high-tide elections such as at the 2007 federal election. After the 2013 federal election, Mitchell replaced nearby Bradfield as the safest Coalition seat in metropolitan Australia, with Labor needing a 22-point swing to win it.[1] As of the 2016 federal election, it is now the third-safest metropolitan Coalition seat, behind Bradfield and Curtin, with a 17-point swing needed for Labor to win it.

Boundaries

The division is located in the Hills District of Sydney, and includes the entire suburbs of Baulkham Hills, Beaumont Hills, Bella Vista, Box Hill, Kellyville, North Kellyville, Nelson, and Winston Hills. The division also includes parts of Castle Hill, Glenhaven, Maraylya, North Rocks, Northmead, Old Toongabbie, Rouse Hill, and West Pennant Hills.

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  Roy Wheeler
(1909–1971)		 Liberal 10 December 1949 –
9 December 1961		 Lost seat
  John Armitage
(1920–2009)		 Labor 9 December 1961 –
30 November 1963		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Division of Chifley in 1969
  Les Irwin
(1898–1985)		 Liberal 30 November 1963 –
2 December 1972		 Lost seat. Last veteran of the First World War to serve in the House of Representatives
  Alfred Ashley-Brown
(1907–1993)		 Labor 2 December 1972 –
18 May 1974		 Lost seat
  Alan Cadman
(1937–)		 Liberal 18 May 1974 –
17 October 2007		 Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Howard. Retired
  Alex Hawke
(1977–)		 Liberal 24 November 2007 –
present		 Incumbent. Currently a minister under Morrison

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Mitchell
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Mitchell[edit]
2019 Australian federal election: Mitchell[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Alex Hawke 61,202 62.05 +1.56
Labor Immanuel Selvaraj 23,618 23.94 −0.67
Greens Lawrence Murphy 7,955 8.07 +0.08
Christian Democrats Craig L Hall 3,156 3.20 −3.71
United Australia Roy Hoppenbrouwer 2,705 2.74 +2.74
Total formal votes 98,636 94.96 −0.53
Informal votes 5,234 5.04 +0.53
Turnout 103,870 94.13 +0.87
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Alex Hawke 67,698 68.63 +0.81
Labor Immanuel Selvaraj 30,938 31.37 −0.81
Liberal hold Swing+0.81
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References
  1. "House of Representatives - Two party preferred by division". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. Mitchell, NSW, Tally Room 2019, Australian Electoral Commission.

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