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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Riverina, New South Wales
Central New South Wales: Forbes, Temora, Wagga Wagga, Young
Sitting member: Hon Michael McCormack (Nationals), elected 2010
Enrolment at close of rolls: 111,108
2013 Nationals majority over Labor: 21.1%
2013 notional Nationals majority over Labor: 19.0%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Hon Michael McCormack
The Nationals |
2. Richard Foley
Independent |
3. Philip Langfield
Christian Democrats |
4. Tim Kurylowicz
Australian Labor Party |
5. Glenn O'Rourke
Family First |
6. Kevin Poynter
Australian Greens |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Riverina has existed since Federation, except for the period from 1984 to 1993 when it was known as Riverina-Darling. Its boundaries have moved around quite a lot over the years: it contained Broken Hill from 1977 to 1984, and did not acquire Wagga Wagga until 1993. On its new boundaries it's not really a Riverina seat at all. Until recently it was a marginal seat which changed hands regularly, but Labor hasn't won it since 1977 (when it contained Broken Hill) and it has now become a very safe non-Labor seat.
Riverina has the usual demographic markers of a rural seat: a low level of median family income, a low proportion of people born in non English speaking countries, and a fairly low proportion of people in professional occupations. Its boundaries mke it one of the most heavily agricultural seats in Australia. Its best-known recent member was Al Grassby, who was a minister in the Whitlam Government.
Michael McCormack, National MP for Riverina since 2010, was a journalist and editor with regional newspapers and an author of books on local history before his election. He became a parliamentary secretary in 2013 and is now Assistant Minister for Defence. His Labor opponent in 2016 is Tim Kurylowicz, who runs education and public programs at the Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga.
The 2016 redistribution has pushed Riverina sharply northwards, removing Griffith, Leeton and Narrandera, and adding Cootamundra, Cowra, Forbes and Young. The only parts of the seat which are actually in the Riverina region are now Wagga Wagga and Lockhart. The changes have reduced the Nationals majority slightly, to 19.0%.
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