Division of Farrer

TheDivision of Farreris anAustralian electoral divisionin thestateofNew South Wales.

Farrer AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision
Division of Farrer inNew South Wales,as of the2016 federal election
Created	1949
MP	Sussan Ley
Party	Liberal
Namesake	William Farrer
Electors	119,364 (2022)
Area	126,590 km2(48,876.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural and provincial
Electorates around Farrer: Grey (SA) Parkes Riverina Grey (SA) Farrer Eden-Monaro Grey (SA) Mallee Nicholls (VIC) Indi (VIC)

It includes the cities ofAlburyandGriffith.Prior to 2016, it also included the city ofBroken Hill.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian Electoral Commission.Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

William Farrer,the division's namesake

The division was created in 1949 and is named forWilliam Farrer,an agricultural scientist.

The division is located in the far south-western area of the state and includesAlbury,Corowa,Narrandera,Leeton,Griffith,Deniliquin,Hay,BalranaldandWentworth.

The sitting member, since the2001 election,isSussan Ley,a member of theLiberal Party of Australiaand that party's deputy leader since 2022.

The 2015 redistribution resulted in Farrer significantly shrunk in size, ceding the state'sFar WestincludingBroken Hillto the seat ofParkes.The seat previously gained this area from Parkes in the 2006 redistribution.

It has always been a safe non-Labor seat, alternating between the Liberal Party and theNational Party.All four of its members have gone on to serve in cabinet, most notablyTim Fischer,leader of the National Party from 1990 to 1999 andDeputy Prime Ministerfrom 1996 to 1999 during the first half of theHoward government.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		David Fairbairn (1917–1994)	Liberal	10 December 1949– 11 November 1975	Served as minister underMenzies,Holt,McEwen,GortonandMcMahon.Retired
		Wal Fife (1929–2017)		13 December 1975– 1 December 1984	Previously held theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyseat ofWagga Wagga.Served as minister underFraser.Transferred to the Division ofHume
		Tim Fischer (1946–2019)	Nationals	1 December 1984– 8 October 2001	Previously held theNew South Wales Legislative Assemblyseat ofMurray.Served as minister andDeputy Prime MinisterunderHoward.Retired
		Sussan Ley (1961–)	Liberal	10 November 2001– present	Served as minister underAbbott,TurnbullandMorrison.Incumbent

Election results

Main article:Electoral results for the Division of Farrer

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Farrer.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election:Farrer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sussan Ley	52,566	52.26	+1.55
	Labor	Darren Cameron	19,097	18.99	+4.35
	Greens	Eli Davern	9,163	9.11	+4.45
	One Nation	Richard Francis	6,363	6.33	+6.33
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Paul Britton	5,339	5.31	+5.31
	United Australia	Julie Ramos	3,270	3.25	−1.01
	Independent	Amanda Duncan-Strelec	3,189	3.17	+3.17
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Roworth	1,595	1.59	+0.48
Total formal votes			100,582	92.41	+1.54
Informal votes			8,256	7.59	−1.54
Turnout			108,838	91.28	−1.36
Two-party-preferredresult
	Liberal	Sussan Ley	66,739	66.35	−3.48
	Labor	Darren Cameron	33,843	33.65	+3.48
	Liberalhold		Swing	−3.48

Alluvial diagramfor preference flows in the seat of Farrer in the2022 federal election.The winning candidate got over 50% of first preference votes, so this alluvial diagram is indicative only, and preference flows were not used to determine the final result. The preference flows were used to determine thetwo-candidate-preferred.

External links

• Division of Farrer - Australian Electoral Commission