Gillespie has served as the Assistant Minister for Children and Families since December 2017 in the Second Turnbull Ministry. Besseling served as Member for Port Macquarie between 2008 and 2011. Besseling is now General Manager at Birdon Pty Ltd. All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, six of which were uncontested, as well as all 36 seats in the Australian Senate, were up for election. The Division of Blair is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by Warren Truss, defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by a 18-seat 3.6 percentage point two-party swing resulting in a landslide win for the Coalition. Howard was leader of the Liberal Party from 1985 to 1989 and from 1995 to 2007. It is located just north of Newcastle, on the coast of the Tasman Sea. This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives of the 42nd Parliament of Australia (2007–2010), as elected at the 2007 federal election. The division covers parts of southern Port Macquarie Hastings City and almost the entire Mid-Coast Council local government areas. The new senators were sworn in by the next Governor-General Peter Cosgrove on 7 July 2014, with their six-year terms commencing on 1 July. Fiji and New Zealand were originally part of this process, but they decided not to join the federation. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. The Division of Paterson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. Robert James Murray Oakeshott is an Australian politician. He was unable to attract sufficient support to form a cabinet and returned the commission. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The TPP is an indicator of how much swing has been attained/is required to change the result, taking into consideration preferences, which may have a significant effect on the result. He has previously served as the Assistant Minister for Rural Health between July 2016 and January 2017, and as the Assistant Minister for Health between January and December 2017. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is represented by Leslie Williams of The Nationals. As expected, David Gillespie, who had been Oakeshott's opponent in 2010, easily reclaimed the seat for the Nationals. This was triggered by the resignation of National Party MP Mark Vaile. [1] Vaile later went on to become leader of the Nationals and Deputy Prime Minister during the latter stages of the Howard Government. He was the independent Member of the House of Representatives for the Division of Lyne in New South Wales from 2008, when he won the 2008 Lyne by-election, until his retirement in 2013. In Australia, electoral districts for the Australian House of Representatives are called divisions or more commonly referred to as electorates or seats. In 1993, after the exclusion of minor candidates, the Nationals' Mark Vaile led over the Liberals by only 233 votes on the third count. Vaile is currently a non-executive director of a number of public listed corporations. As expected, David Gillespie, who had been Oakeshott's opponent in 2010, easily reclaimed the seat for the Nationals. The Division of Bennelong is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The Australian electoral system comprises the laws and processes used for the election of members of the Australian Parliament. It was widely expected that the seat would revert to the Nationals; despite Oakeshott's previous personal popularity, Lyne was still a comfortably safe National seat in a "traditional" two-party matchup with Labor. Just under two-thirds of the state's population, 5.1 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia is the second-most senior officer in the Government of Australia. Mid–Coast Council is a local government area (LGA) located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. Electoral results for the Division of Lyne, Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales, http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2008/lyne/, Division of Lyne - Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Capital and Northern Territories. It was recreated after a redistribution in 1992. Following federation, the six colonies that united to form the Commonwealth of Australia as states kept the systems of government that they had developed as separate colonies, but they also agreed to have a federal government that was responsible for matters concerning the whole nation. The party is a federal party with branches in each state and territory. When Australia has a Labor Government, the deputy leader of the parliamentary party holds the position of Deputy Prime Minister. [2] Lyne was asked by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the first Federal Government. Coordinates: 31°36′07″S 152°16′37″E / 31.602°S 152.277°E / -31.602; 152.277, Electoral results for the Division of Lyne, Results of the 2019 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Lyne, http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2008/lyne/, Division of Lyne - Australian Electoral Commission, Australian Capital and Northern Territories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Division_of_Lyne&oldid=963315625, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 June 2020, at 03:39. Despite these changes the Australian Labor Party has made little headway in increasing its vote. However, had 120 votes gone the other way, the Liberals would have taken the seat. When the Constitution of Australia came into force, on 1 January 1901, the colonies collectively became states of the Commonwealth of Australia. He was commissioned by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the inaugural Federal Government. The elections followed Federation and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901. This reflects the area's history as a strongly conservative and rural region. The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia. The 2010 Australian federal election was held on Saturday, 21 August 2010 to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia. The area has recently undergone significant demographic changes with the arrival of a large number of retired people and city dwellers seeking a sea-change. The Division of Lyne was created in a redistribution in 1949 and was represented by the National Party (previously the Country Party and National Country Party) for almost 60 years. This reflects the area's history as a strongly conservative and rural region. David Arthur Gillespie is an Australian politician and gastroenterologist. The record-16-year-incumbent Australian Labor Party (SA) government led by Premier Jay Weatherill was seeking a fifth four-year term, but was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party of Australia (SA), led by Opposition Leader Steven Marshall. The division was created in 1949 and is named after Woollarawarre Bennelong, an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip. The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.The division is named after Sir William Lyne, Premier of New South Wales at the time of Federation and subsequently a minister in early Australian conservative governments. The 1901 Australian federal election for the inaugural Parliament of Australia was held in Australia on Friday 29 March and Saturday 30 March 1901. The seat was lost to independent candidate and former state MP Rob Oakeshott, who retained the seat at the 2010 election. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 through a merger of the Gloucester Shire, Great Lakes and City of Greater Taree councils. Peter Edward Besseling is an Australian politician. Division of Lyne. However, had 120 votes gone the other way, the Liberals would have taken the seat. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. The division covers parts of southern Port Macquarie Hastings City and almost the entire Mid-Coast Council local government areas.