The Division of Eden-Monaro () is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It includes the cities of Queanbeyan, Goulburn, Cooma, Bega and Eden. It is currently represented by Labor MP Kristy McBain.
Geography
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian 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.
Throughout its history, the division has always covered the south-eastern corner of New South Wales by the Victorian border, which includes the state's South Coast. Its boundaries have changed relatively little compared to adjacent electoral divisions. It has occasionally completely surrounded the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), but otherwise it has been generally east of the territory.
When the division was created in 1900, it originally extended to the Molonglo River in the north-west (bordering Werriwa, within what was later Canberra, ), St Georges Basin in the north-east (bordering Illawarra, near what was later Jervis Bay Territory) and the Great Dividing Range and the Brindabellas in the west (bordering Hume. In 1906, it gained a small area north of the Molonglo River that included Lake George.
In 1913, Eden-Monaro ceded the area that had become the Federal Capital Territory, which became an enclave within Eden-Monaro. It also expanded northwards up to Yass in the north-west and Berry in the north-east from Werriwa and Illwarra respectively. From then until 1984, the division had only minor boundary changes during redistributions, with no losses or gains of major settlements. All the minor boundary changes were also only in the area north-west of Goulburn. The northern boundary was cut back to Bungendore and Milton, with no changes to the western boundary (the boundary of Snowy River Shire). In 1992, it lost coastal areas north of Batemans Bay. At the 2024 distribution, it lost the Snowy Valleys and Yass Valley local government areas and once gain no longer surrounded the ACT. However, it gained the Goulburn Mulwaree local government area from Hume, including Goulburn which it last covered before 1984. It also gained the small town of Tuross Head from Gilmore.
Labor’s Kristy McBain became the first woman to represent the division when she narrowly held the seat in the 2020 Eden-Monaro by-election. At the 2022 election, she held the seat with a large swing to her, boosting her two-party margin to 8 points, the strongest result in the seat for either side of politics since 1934.
Members
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| rowspan=3 | Sir Austin Chapman<br />
| Protectionist
| nowrap | 29 March 1901 –<br/>26 May 1909
| rowspan=3 | Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Braidwood. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Barton. Served as minister under Deakin and Bruce. Died in office
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| nowrap | Liberal
| nowrap | 26 May 1909 –<br/>17 February 1917
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| rowspan="2" | Nationalist
| nowrap | 17 February 1917 –<br/>12 January 1926
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| John Perkins<br />
| nowrap | 6 March 1926 –<br/>12 October 1929
| Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Goulburn. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Bruce. Lost seat
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| John Cusack<br />
| Labor
| nowrap | 12 October 1929 –<br/>19 December 1931
| Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Albury. Did not contest in 1931. Failed to win the Division of Cowper
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| John Perkins<br />
| United Australia
| nowrap | 19 December 1931 –<br/>21 August 1943
| Served as minister under Lyons, Page and Menzies. Lost seat
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| 100px
| Allan Fraser<br />
| Labor
| nowrap | 21 August 1943 –<br/>26 November 1966
| Lost seat
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| Dugald Munro<br />
| Liberal
| nowrap | 26 November 1966 –<br/>25 October 1969
| Lost seat
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| Allan Fraser<br />
| rowspan="2" | Labor
| nowrap | 25 October 1969 –<br/>2 November 1972
| Retired. Later elected to the Australian Capital Territory House of Assembly seat of Fraser in 1975
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| Bob Whan<br />
| nowrap | 2 December 1972 –<br/>13 December 1975
| Lost seat
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| 100px
| Murray Sainsbury<br />
| Liberal
| nowrap | 13 December 1975 –<br/>5 March 1983
| Lost seat
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| Jim Snow<br />
| Labor
| nowrap | 5 March 1983 –<br/>2 March 1996
| Lost seat
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| 100px
| Gary Nairn<br />
| Liberal
| nowrap | 2 March 1996 –<br/>24 November 2007
| Served as minister under Howard. Lost seat
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| 100px
| Mike Kelly<br />
| Labor
| nowrap | 24 November 2007 –<br/>7 September 2013
| Served as minister under Gillard and Rudd. Lost seat
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| 100px
| Peter Hendy<br />
| Liberal
| nowrap | 7 September 2013 –<br/>2 July 2016
| Served as minister under Abbott and Turnbull. Lost seat
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| Mike Kelly<br />
| rowspan="2" | Labor
| nowrap | 2 July 2016 –<br/>30 April 2020
| Resigned due to ill health
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| Kristy McBain<br />
| nowrap | 4 July 2020 –<br/>present
| Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese
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Election results
References
External links
- Division of Eden-Monaro - Australian Electoral Commission