Electoral district of Bega
Bega is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Andrew Constance of the Liberal Party.
Bega New South Wales—Legislative Assembly | |
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Location in New South Wales | |
State | New South Wales |
Dates current | 1894–1920 1988–present |
MP | Andrew Constance |
Party | Liberal Party |
Electors | 58,131 (2019) |
Area | 9,785.02 km2 (3,778.0 sq mi) |
Bega is a regional electorate in the southeastern corner of the state. It encompasses the entirety of Bega Valley Shire and Eurobodalla Shire. Its population centres include Bega, Tathra, Merimbula, Eden, Bemboka, Eurobodalla Shire, Moruya, Batemans Bay and Narooma.[1][2][3][4]
History
In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced statewide and the two-member electorate of Eden was split into Bega and Eden-Bombala. In 1904 Eden-Bombala was abolished as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90 and the part of the district was abosbed by Bega.[5] In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Goulburn, along with Monaro. It was recreated in 1988.
Bega has historically tended to be a safe conservative seat, although demographic change has led to the seat becoming increasingly marginal for the Liberal Party for much of the early part of the 21st century. The Liberal margin blew out in their 2011 landslide, along with many other Liberal-held country seats. While the Liberals suffered a 10-point swing against them in 2015, they still hold the seat on a margin of 8.2 percent—on the stronger side of fairly safe.
Members for Bega
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Period | |
Thomas Rawlinson [6] | Ind. Protectionist | 1894–1895 | |
Henry Clarke [7] | Ind. Protectionist | 1895–1898 | |
Protectionist | 1898–1901 | ||
Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||
William Wood [8] | Liberal Reform | 1904–1913 | |
William Millard [9] | Liberal Reform | 1913–1916 | |
Nationalist | 1916–1920 | ||
Second incarnation (1988—present) | |||
Member | Party | Period | |
Russell Smith [10] | Liberal | 1988–2003 | |
Andrew Constance [11] | Liberal | 2003–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Andrew Constance | 24,796 | 48.91 | −4.33 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 15,508 | 30.59 | −2.25 | |
Greens | William Douglas | 4,945 | 9.75 | −0.35 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Eric Thomas | 3,275 | 6.46 | +6.46 | |
Animal Justice | Coral Anderson | 1,371 | 2.70 | +2.70 | |
Conservatives | Joshua Shoobridge | 806 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
Total formal votes | 50,701 | 97.18 | +0.09 | ||
Informal votes | 1,472 | 2.82 | −0.09 | ||
Turnout | 52,173 | 89.75 | −0.32 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Andrew Constance | 26,210 | 56.93 | −1.26 | |
Labor | Leanne Atkinson | 19,830 | 43.07 | +1.26 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | −1.26 |
References
- "Bega". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bega". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- "Mr Thomas Rawlinson (1847-1928)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- "Mr Henry Clarke (1822-1907)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- "The Hon. William Herbert Wood (1869-1953)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "Mr William Millard (1844–1921)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- "Russell Harold Lester Smith (1946- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
- "The Hon. Andrew James Constance MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- "Bega: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- "Bega: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.