HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDEX OF DIVISIONS ===================================================================== NEWCASTLE, New South Wales ===================================================================== Named for: City of Newcastle (after Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Britain: also a coal port) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1901 Redistributed 1906, 1913, 1922, 1934, 1949, 1955, 1969, 1977, 1984, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham 1906: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham 1913: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham 1922: Adamstown, Hamilton, Newcastle, Wickham 1934: Hamilton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Wickham 1949: Hamilton, Mereweather, Newcastle, Wickham 1955: Hamilton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Wickham 1969: Mayfield, Mereweather, Newcastle, Waratah 1977: Hamilton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Waratah 1984: Hamilton, Newcastle, Wallsend, Waratah 1993: Lambton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Waratah 2001: Lambton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Waratah 2007: Lambton, Mayfield, Newcastle, Waratah 2010: Hamilton, Kotara, Newcastle, Waratah 2016: Adamstown, Newcastle, Wallsend, Waratah --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 12,245 1940 63,828 (+07.1) 1977* 71,469 (+21.9) 1903 35,655 (+191.2) 1943 68,595 (+07.5) 1980 71,248 (-00.3) 1906* 29,806 (-16.4) 1946 71,516 (+04.3) 1983 70,323 (-01.3) 1910 31,412 (+05.4) 1949* 40,528 (-43.3) 1984* 66,282 (-05.7) 1913* 36,988 (+17.8) 1951 40,145 (-00.9) 1987 66,331 (+00.1) 1914 42,364 (+14.5) 1954 37,675 (-06.2) 1990 66,965 (+01.0) 1917 44,947 (+06.1) 1955* 43,479 (+15.4) 1993* 77,791 (+16.2) 1919 43,531 (-03.2) 1958 41,586 (-04.4) 1996 76,670 (-01.4) 1922* 42,339 (-02.7) 1961 39,750 (-04.4) 1998 77,327 (+00.9) 1925 48,352 (+14.2) 1963 38,693 (-02.7) 2001* 88,880 (+14.9) 1928 52,166 (+07.9) 1966 37,926 (-02.0) 2004 90,360 (+01.7) 1929 53,941 (+03.4) 1969* 55,417 (+46.1) 2007* 93,455 (+03.4) 1931 54,720 (+01.4) 1972 54,499 (-01.7) 2010* 92,896 (-00.6) 1934* 55,092 (+00.7) 1974 58,269 (+06.9) 2013 97,385 (+04.8) 1937 59,577 (+08.1) 1975 58,607 (+00.6) 2016* 113,334 (+16.4) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 +14.7 +12.5 +17.2 +26.7 +23.8 + na +08.0 + na +19.4 +12.5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 1929 1931 1934 1935b 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 + na + na + na + na + na + na + na + na +21.3 +08.3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974 +13.4 +09.8 +11.8 +13.4 +15.4 +09.9 +08.7 +14.6 +18.0 +21.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 1998 +13.6 +13.7 +13.8 +17.5 +14.5 + na + na +16.9 +11.2 + na --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 +06.9 +10.0 +15.9 +12.5 +08.8 +13.8 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David Watkins (Lab, ALP) Allan Morris (ALP) 1983-2001 1901-35 Sharon Grierson (ALP) 2001-13 David Watkins (ALP) 1935b-58 Sharon Claydon (ALP) 2013- Hon Charles Jones (ALP) 1958-83 ---------------------------------------------------------------------