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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of New England, New South Wales
Northern New South Wales: Armidale, Glen Innes, Scone, Tamworth, Tenterfield
State seats: Parts of
Lismore,
Northern Tablelands,
Tamworth and
Upper Hunter
Local government areas: All of Armidale-Dumaresque, Glen Innes-Severn, Guyra, Inverell,
Liverpool Plains, Tamworth Regional, Tenterfield, Upper Hunter, Uralla and Walcha, parts of Gwydir
Enrolment at close of rolls: 111,979
1999 republic referendum: No 67.4
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 52.5
Sitting member: Hon Barnaby Joyce (Nationals):
Senator 2005-13. Elected 2013, 2016. Resigned 2017. Elected 2017 by-election
2007 Independent majority over Nationals: 24.3%
2010 Independent majority over Nationals: 21.5%
2013 Nationals majority over Independent: 14.5%
2016 Nationals majority over independent: 8.5%
2017 by-election Nationals majority over Labor: 26.4%
Status: Marginal Nationals over Independent
Status: Very safe Nationals over Labor
2016 results
2017 by-election results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Natasha Ledger
Independent |
2. Julie Collins
Christian Democratic Party |
3. Yvonne Langenberg
Australian Labor Party |
4. Hon Barnaby Joyce
The Nationals |
5. Tony Lonergan
Australian Greens |
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6. Adam Blakester
Independent |
7. Rob Taber
Independent |
8. Cindy Duncan
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Adam Blakester
Hon Barnaby Joyce
Yvonne Langenberg
Tony Lonergan
Division of New England
New England has existed since Federation, and has changed very little in its boundaries or in its social and economic
character since. It has always occupied the New England plateau, based on Armidale and Tamworth, and since New England is
a major woolgrowing region it has always been a highly agricultural seat. It has the relatively low level of median
family income and the very low proportion of people in non English speaking households typical of rural seats, although
its proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations is higher than in most rural seats, possibly because of the presence
of the University of New England and various regional government offices in Armidale.
New England has nearly always been a strongly conservative seat, and has elected a Labor member only twice, in 1906 and
1910. The farmers and woolgrowers of New England were among the earliest supporters of the Country Party, and the party
and its successors the Nationals held the seat continuously from 1919 to 2001. From 1963 to 1998 it was held by Ian
Sinclair, who was Nationals Leader from 1984 to 1989. The loss of the seat in 2001 to an independent, Tony Windsor, was
therefore a great shock to the Nationals.
Tony Windsor was the independent state MP for Tamworth from 1991 and easily defeated the sitting National member for
New England when he decided to switch to federal politics. He was re-elected without difficulty until 2013, when he
retired and the seat was reclaimed by Barnaby Joyce for the Nationals.
Barnaby Joyce, Nationals MP for New England since 2013, was a Senator for Queensland from 2005 to 2013, before changing
both House and state at the 2013 election - the first member of the federal Parliament to do both. The move was not as
strange as it seemed. Joyce was born in Tamworth and went to university at UNE, so he could claim local roots. He became
Minister for Agriculture in 2013 and Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources in 2015. In February 2016
he succeeded Warren Truss as Leader of the Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister. At the 2016 election Windsor again
contested the seat, but Joyce was re-elected without difficulty. He then became Minister for Infrastructure and Transport.
In October 2017 the High Court ruled that Joyce's election in 2016 had been invalid because he was a New Zealand citizen
by virtue of his father's birth in New Zealand. Joyce resigned his portfolios and successfully contested the December 2017
by-election. He returned to office, but was soon embroiled in scandal when it was revealed that he had separated from his
wife after fathering a child with a member of his staff. In February 2018 he resigned all his positions.
Labor's candidate is Yvonne Langenberg, a nurse. The Greens candidate is Tony Lonergan, a farmer and
science teacher.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,089 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 20.0% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 8.4% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 82.9% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 4.7% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 22.6% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 20.9% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 13.5% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 32.9% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 20.3% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 17.2% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 28.6% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 30.2% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 26.0% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
William Sawers (Prot) 1901-03
Edmund Lonsdale (FT, AS) 1903-06
Francis Foster (Lab, ALP) 1906-13
Percy Abbott (Lib, Nat) 1913-19
Alexander Hay (F&S, CP, Ind) 1919-22
Victor Thompson (CP) 1922-40
Hon Joseph Abbott (CP) 1940-49
Hon David Drummond (CP) 1949-63
Rt Hon Ian Sinclair (CP, NCP, NPA) 1963-98
Stuart St Clair (NPA) 1998-2001
Tony Windsor (Ind) 2001-13
Hon Barnaby Joyce (Nat) 2013-17, 2017b-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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