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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Riverina, New South Wales
Named for: Riverina region of NSW (traditionally the area between the Murray and Murrumbidgee rivers, named by John Dunmore Lang in 1857).
Central New South Wales: Cowra, Crookwell, Wagga Wagga, Yass, Young
Enrolment at 2019 election: 114,109
Enrolment at 2022 election: 116,029 (+01.8)
1999 republic referendum: No 66.5
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 54.6
2023 Voice referendum: No 75.1
2007 Nationals majority over Labor: 16.2%
2010 Nationals majority over Labor: 18.2%
2013 Nationals majority over Labor: 21.2%
2016 Nationals majority over Labor: 16.4%
2019 Nationals majority over Labor: 19.5%
2022 Nationals majority over Labor: 14.9%
2025 notional Nationals majority over Labor: 9.7%
Status: Fairly safe Nationals
Nationals two-party vote 1983-2022
2022 results
Statistics and history
Announced candidates:
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Hon Michael McCormack
The Nationals |
Division of Riverina
Riverina has existed since Federation, except for the period from 1984 to 1993 when it was called
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 current boundaries it's not really a Riverina seat at all. Until 40 years ago 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 and
managerial occupations. Its current boundaries make it one of the most heavily agricultural seats in Australia.
The best-known recent member for Riverina was
Al Grassby, who won the seat for Labor in a spectacular swing in 1969 and
was a minister in the Whitlam Government.
Michael McCormack, Nationals 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 was known as an extreme conservative in his early
career but has now somewhat modified his views. He became a parliamentary secretary in 2013 and a minister in 2016.
In February 2018, following the self-destruction of
Barnaby Joyce, he was elected Leader of the Nationals and then
succeeded Joyce in his posts as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development.
In June 2021, Joyce staged a successful party-room coup and returned to the Nationals leadership. He then took over McCormack's
portfolios, and McCormack retired to the backbench.
The 2016 redistribution pushed Riverina sharply northwards, removing Griffith, Leeton and Narrandera, and adding
Cootamundra, Cowra, Forbes and Young. The 2024 redistribution has removed Forbes and West Wyalong, while adding Crookwell, Tumut and Yass. The only parts of the seat which are actually in the Riverina region are now
Wagga Wagga and Lockhart. These changes have reduced the Nationals majority slightly.
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