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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Hume, New South Wales
South-west of Sydney: Boorowa, Camden, Crookwell, Goulburn, Picton
State seats: Parts of
Camden,
Goulburn,
Mulgoa and
Wollondilly
Local government areas: All of Boorowa, Goulburn-Mulwaree and Upper Lachlan, parts of Camden, Liverpool,
Wingecarribee and Wollondilly
Enrolment at close of rolls: 116,495
1999 republic referendum: No 65.1
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 58.6
Sitting member: Hon Angus Taylor (Liberal):
Elected 2013, 2016
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.2%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 8.7%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.5%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.2%
Status: Fairly safe Liberal
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Aoife Champion
Australian Labor Party |
2. Linda Abdo
United Australia Party |
3. Tanya Hargreaves
Fraser Anning's Conservative
National Party |
4. Hon Angus Taylor
Liberal Party |
5. David Powell
Australian Greens |
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6. Huw Kingston
Independent |
7. Ian Nebauer
Christian Democratic Party |
Candidate websites:
Aoife Champion
Huw Kingston
Huw Kingston
David Powell
Division of Hume
Hume has existed since Federation, and has always been located in southern regional NSW, but its boundaries
have undergone several major changes, and it now contains none of its original territory. Before 1949 it was
based on Albury, Gundagai and Yass, and was usually a non-Labor seat, although Labor won it in good Labor
years. After 1949 Liberal-voting Albury was removed to Farrer, and Hume became a classic marginal seat,
changing hands with every swing: Labor's Arthur Fuller held it for three separate terms.
Since 1984, however, Hume has been drawn to the north-east, acquiring first Goulburn (in 1993) and then
affluent Southern Highlands towns like Picton, Bowral and Moss Vale (the latter two are now in Whitlam).
The inclusion of the Highlands towns, which are suburbanising, has raised Hume's median family income level
so that it is one of the highest for any rural seat, and also raised the proportion of people in professional
and managerial occupations.
The 2016 redistribution moved Hume even further to the north-east, removing rural Yass and adding
semi-suburban territory around Camden and Bringelly. The seat now has more in common with the old Macarthur
than with the old Hume. Most of the areas now in Hume are solidly conservative, and it is now a fairly safe
seat for the Liberals. Labor has not won it since 1972 (when it was a very different seat), and Nationals
last won it in 1996. Alby Schultz, an outspoken local member and a frequent backbench rebel, held Hume for
the Liberals from 1998 until his retirement in 2013.
Angus Taylor, Liberal MP for Hume since 2013, is a lawyer with a masters degree in economics from Oxford,
and was a company director before his election. He became Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity
in December 2017. In August 2018 he resigned as part of the push by Peter Dutton against Prime Minister Malcolm
Turnbull. His reward was to be promoted to Minister for Energy in the Morrison Cabinet.
The Labor candidate is Aoife Champion*, a lawyer who is legal consultant and recruitment officer with
Pro Fundraising Services Group, who also
stood in 2016. The Greens candidate is David Powell, a facility manager for a medical manufacturing company.
* Her first name is Irish and is pronounced "Eefa."
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,628 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 15.6% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 3.1% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 81.6% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 9.1% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 30.0% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 21.0% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 13.8% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 29.2% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 29.6% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 5.0% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 43.7% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 19.8% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 38.9% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Rt Hon Sir William Lyne (Prot, Ind) 1901-13
Robert Patten (Lib, Nat) 1913-17
Franc Falkiner (Nat) 1917-19
Hon Parker Moloney (ALP) 1919-31
Hon Thomas Collins (CP) 1931-43
Arthur Fuller (ALP) 1943-49
Charles Anderson (CP) 1949-51
Arthur Fuller (ALP) 1951-55
Charles Anderson (CP) 1955-61
Arthur Fuller (ALP) 1961-63
John Pettitt (CP) 1963-72
Frank Olley (ALP) 1972-74
Stephen Lusher (CP, NCP, NPA) 1974-84
Hon Wallace Fife (Lib) 1984-93
Hon John Sharp (NPA) 1993-98
Alby Schultz (Lib) 1998-2013
Hon Angus Taylor (Lib) 2013-
Boundaries following 2016 redistribution:
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