| Lyne Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Division of Lyne (green) within New South Wales |
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| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Rob Oakeshott |
| Party: | Independent |
| Namesake: | Sir William Lyne |
| Area: | 11,991 km² (4,630 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division located in the State of New South Wales. It lies on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and includes the Local Government Areas of Gloucester, Greater Taree, Port Macquarie-Hastings and southern Kempsey. Major population centres include Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Laurieton, Wingham, Gloucester and parts of Kempsey.
The seat is named after Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and subsequently a minister in early Australian conservative governments. William Lyne was commissioned by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the inaugural Federal Government. He was unable to attract sufficient support to form a cabinet and returned the commission. The unsuccessful commissioning of Lyne is known as The Hopetoun Blunder.
The Division of Lyne was created in a redistribution in 1949 and has been represented by the Australian Country Party and its subsequent derivatives the National Country Party and the National Party of Australia since its inception. This reflects the area's history as a strongly conservative and rural region. The area has recently undergone significant demographic changes with the arrival of a large number of retired people and city dwellers seeking a sea-change. Despite these changes the Australian Labor Party has made little headway in increasing its vote.
In 1993, after the exclusion of minor candidates, the National's Mark Vaile led over the Liberals by only 233 votes.[1]
Vaile retired in July 2008 which triggered a Lyne by-election. The seat was lost to independent candidate Rob Oakeshott.
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Members [link]
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| James Eggins | Country | 1949–1952 | |
| Philip Lucock | Country | 1952–1975 | |
| National Country | 1975–1980 | ||
| Bruce Cowan | National Country | 1980–1982 | |
| National | 1982–1993 | ||
| Mark Vaile | National | 1993–2008 | |
| Rob Oakeshott | Independent | 2008–present | |
Election results [link]
| Australian federal election, 2010: Lyne | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Rob Oakeshott | 40,061 | 47.15 | +47.15 | |
| National | David Gillespie | 29,216 | 34.39 | -15.74 | |
| Labor | Frederik Lips | 11,459 | 13.49 | -18.49 | |
| Greens | Ian Oxenford | 3,645 | 4.29 | -2.75 | |
| Independent | Barry Wright | 586 | 0.69 | -0.50 | |
| Total formal votes | 84,967 | 96.27 | +1.30 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,294 | 3.73 | -1.30 | ||
| Turnout | 88,261 | 95.35 | -0.24 | ||
| Two-candidate preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Rob Oakeshott | 53,297 | 62.73 | +62.73 | |
| National | David Gillespie | 31,670 | 37.27 | -21.53 | |
| Independent hold | Swing | +21.53 | |||
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Bibliography [link]
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Lyne
Lyne is a small town with a population of 235 (1 January 2014) in southwest Denmark on the peninsula of Jutland.
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