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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Calare, New South Wales
Named for: Indigneous name (correctly pronounced Kalaari)
for the Lachlan River, which was in the Division in 1906. *
Central West New South Wales: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Oberon, Orange
State seats: All of
Bathurst, parts of
Dubbo and
Orange
Local government areas: All of
Bathurst,
Blayney,
Cabonne,
Dubbo,
Lithgow,
Mid-Western,
Oberon and
Orange
Borders with:
Hume,
Hunter,
Macquarie,
New England,
Parkes and
Riverina
Enrolment at 2019 election: 118,229
Enrolment at 2022 election: 121,564 (+02.8)
1999 republic referendum: No 63.1
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 60.2
Sitting member: Hon
Andrew Gee (Nationals): Elected 2016, 2019
2007 Nationals majority over Labor: 12.0%
2010 Nationals majority over Labor: 10.7%
2013 Nationals majority over Labor: 16.0%
2016 Nationals majority over Labor: 11.8%
2019 Nationals majority over Labor: 13.3%
Nationals two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Safe Nationals
Best Nationals booths, two-party vote: Lyndhurst (80.7), Yeoval (80.3), Ilford (79.9), Manildra (78.8),
Cumnock (77.3)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Lithgow (54.9), Bathurst South (51.7), Oakey Park (50.5), Cooerwull (49.1),
Hill End (48.3)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Kate Hook
Voices of Calare |
2. Stacey Whittaker OAM
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
3. Kay Nankervis
Australian Greens |
4. Sarah Elliott
Australian Labor Party |
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5. Hon Andrew Gee
The Nationals |
6. Adam Jannis
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Sarah Elliott
Andrew Gee
Kate Hook
Adam Jannis
Stacey Whittaker OAM
Division of Calare
Calare has existed since 1906, when the Federation seat of
Canobolas was renamed, and for most that time has been in
the Central West of NSW, based on towns like Orange, Forbes, Parkes and Cowra. Like all rural seats, it has a
low level of median family income and a very low level of non English speaking households. Although
it was occasionally won by Labor, Calare on those boundaries was usually a conservative seat. At the 1977
redistribution it was dragged eastwards, losing its western rural areas and gaining the (then) Labor strongholds
of Bathurst and Lithgow, which had previously been in
Macquarie.
David Simmons won Calare for Labor in 1983, and was a minister in the Hawke-Keating government. In 1996 he retired,
and the seat went to an independent, local media identity
Peter Andren. Andren held the seat without difficulty,
aided by Labor preferences. He retired in 2007, and Calare was won by the then sitting National member for Parkes,
John Cobb, who held it until his retirement in 2016.
The 2016 redistribution removed the western part of the seat around Forbes and Parkes, and added territory
to the north around Kandos, Mudgee and Wellington. Kandos is a strong Labor town and this slightly reduced
the Nationals majority. There is still some Labor strength in Bathurst and Lithgow, but Calare is now a fairly
safe seat for the Nationals.
Andrew Gee, Nationals MP for Calare since 2016, was a barrister before entering politics. He was state member for
Orange 2011-16. He became an assistant minister in 2019 and since June 2021 has been Minister for Veterans Affairs and
Minister for Defence Personnel.
* On its current boundaries Calare has a few kilometres of frontage on the Lachlan in the south-western
corner of the Division.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,207 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 18.6% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 6.3% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 82.7% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 5.4% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 28.2% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 21.4% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 13.7% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 30.3% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 22.2% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 9.2% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 32.1% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 28.2% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 28.7% (Australia 32.8%)
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