Division of Hume

Hume Australian House of Representatives Division
300px The location of the Division of Hume, highlighted in red, in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1901
MP	Angus Taylor
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Hamilton Hume
Electors	102,321 (2013)
Area	33,637 km2 (12,987.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Hume is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. The Division was named after Hamilton Hume, one of the first Europeans to travel through the area.

The division is located in the central part of the state, just north of the Australian Capital Territory. The Division covers a predominantly rural area, with agriculture and coal mining the main industries. It extends from Cowra in the north to Wee Jasper in the south and parts of the Southern Highlands from Picton and Wilton in the east to Young and Cootamundra in the west. It includes the entire local government areas of Boorowa, Cootamundra, Cowra, Goulburn Mulwaree, Harden, Upper Lachlan, Weddin, Yass Valley and Young Councils and parts of Palerang, Wingecarribee and Wollondilly Shires. Towns include Bargo, Binalong, Boorowa, Bundanoon, Buxton, Camden Park, Caragabal, Colo Vale, Cootamundra, Cowra, Crookwell, Gooloogong, Goulburn, Grenfell, Gundaroo, Gunning, Harden/Murrumburrah, High Range, Hill Top, Joadja, Jugiong, Marulan, Murrumbateman, Oakdale, Picton, Quandialla, Stockinbingal, Sutton, Tahmoor, Tarago, The Oaks, Thirlmere, Wallendbeen, Wilton, Yass and Young.

The current Member for Hume, since the 2013 federal election, is Angus Taylor, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Sir William Lyne	Protectionist	1901–1909
		Independent	1909–1913
	Robert Patten	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1917
	Franc Falkiner	Nationalist	1917–1919
	Parker Moloney	Labor	1919–1931
	Thomas Collins	Country	1931–1943
	Arthur Fuller	Labor	1943–1949
	Charles Anderson	Country	1949–1951
	Arthur Fuller	Labor	1951–1955
	Charles Anderson	Country	1955–1961
	Arthur Fuller	Labor	1961–1963
	John Pettitt	Country	1963–1972
	Frank Olley	Labor	1972–1974
	Stephen Lusher	Country	1974–1975
		National Country	1975–1982
		National	1982–1984
	Wal Fife	Liberal	1984–1993
	John Sharp	National	1993–1998
	Alby Schultz	Liberal	1998–2013
	Angus Taylor	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hume

Australian federal election, 2013: Hume

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Angus Taylor	49,105	53.97	+0.41
	Labor	Michael Pilbrow	23,711	26.06	−5.80
	Greens	Zaza Chevalier	5,218	5.73	−1.92
	Palmer United	Jason Cornelius	4,015	4.41	+4.41
	One Nation	Lynette Styles	2,521	2.77	+2.77
	Independent	James Harker-Mortlock	2,096	2.30	+2.30
	Katter's Australian	Bruce Nicholson	1,658	1.82	+1.82
	Christian Democrats	Adrian Van Der Byl	1,397	1.54	−0.22
	CEC	Lindsay Cosgrove	1,273	1.40	+1.40
Total formal votes			90,994	93.68	−1.19
Informal votes			6,142	6.32	+1.19
Turnout			97,136	94.93	−0.02
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Angus Taylor	55,938	61.47	+2.75
	Labor	Michael Pilbrow	35,056	38.53	−2.75
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.75

External links

• Division of Hume - Australian Electoral Commission