Division of Lyne

The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It was set up in 1949, and named for Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and a minister in early Australian governments.^[2] Lyne was asked by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the first Federal Government. Lyne did not have the support of other politicians, and so Edmund Barton became the first Prime Minister of Australia.

Lyne Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lyne (green) within New South Wales
Created	1949
Namesake	Sir William Lyne
Electors	97,127 (2013)[1]
Area	11,991 km2 (4,629.8 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

William Lyne

The division is on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales. It includes Taree, Wauchope, Laurieton, Wingham, Gloucester and parts of Kempsey.^[2]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Jim Eggins	Country	1949–1952
	Philip Lucock	Country	1952–1975
		National Country	1975–1980
	Bruce Cowan	National Country	1980–1982
		National	1982–1993
	Mark Vaile	National	1993–2008 (resigned)
	Rob Oakeshott	Independent	2008–2013
	David Gillespie	National	2013–2025

Mark Vaile was the leader of the National Party, and Deputy Prime Minister. He retired in July 2008 which caused a by-election. Independent politician Rob Oakeshott won the seat, and after the 2010 election was one of the independents who supported a minority Labor government led by Julia Gillard. Oakeshott retired at the 2013 election.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Lyne[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	David Gillespie	46,661	43.51	−5.84
	Labor	Alex Simpson	23,024	21.47	−2.62
	One Nation	Josephine Cashman	8,502	7.93	+7.93
	Greens	Karl Attenborough	8,422	7.85	+1.34
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Hornshaw	6,824	6.36	+0.56
	Independent	Steve Attkins	5,574	5.20	+5.20
	United Australia	Joel Putland	4,421	4.12	+0.07
	Independent	Joanne Pearce	3,820	3.56	+3.56
Total formal votes			107,248	93.41	+2.48
Informal votes			7,563	6.59	−2.48
Turnout			114,811	92.22	−1.51
Two-party-preferred result
	National	David Gillespie	68,421	63.80	−1.37
	Labor	Alex Simpson	38,827	36.20	+1.37
	National hold		Swing	−1.37