Hunter (Australian House of Representatives division)

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Hunter is an Australian federal electoral division in New South Wales, historically known as a safe Labor seat and one of the country's oldest constituencies in the House of Representatives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal electoral division ⓘ
category Electoral divisions of Australia ⓘ
Electoral divisions of Australia created in 1901 ⓘ
chamber lower house ⓘ
classification provincial ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
created 1901 ⓘ
currentMPParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
electoralCommission Australian Electoral Commission ⓘ
electoralSystem preferential voting ⓘ
elects one member ⓘ
federalElectorate Division of Hunter ⓘ
federalLevel Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
hasContinuousRepresentationSince 1901 ⓘ
hasHadRedistribution yes ⓘ
hasRepresentative Dan Repacholi ⓘ
hasSuburb Abermain ⓘ
Branxton ⓘ
Cessnock ⓘ
Denman ⓘ
Greta ⓘ
Kurri Kurri ⓘ
Maitland (parts) ⓘ
Merriwa ⓘ
Muswellbrook ⓘ
Scone ⓘ
Singleton ⓘ
isOneOf oldest Australian federal electoral divisions ⓘ
knownFor safe Labor seat ⓘ
legislativeBody Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
locatedIn Hunter Region ⓘ
Lower Hunter Valley ⓘ
linked to: Lower Hunter

New South Wales ⓘ
namedAfter Hunter River ⓘ
John Hunter ⓘ
notableIndustryInArea agriculture ⓘ
coal mining ⓘ
power generation ⓘ
previousMP Joel Fitzgibbon ⓘ
previousMPEndYear 2022 ⓘ
previousMPParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ
previousMPStartYear 1996 ⓘ
regionType rural and regional ⓘ
representationStartYearCurrentMP 2022 ⓘ
state New South Wales ⓘ
typicalWinningParty Australian Labor Party ⓘ

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