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Lyne Australian House of Representatives Division

Created:	1949
State or territory:	New South Wales
MP:	Mark Vaile
Party:	National
Namesake:	William Lyne
Electors:	86,784
Area:	9,039 km²
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Lyne is an Australian electoral division located in the State of New South Wales. It lies on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales and includes parts of the Local Government Areas of the City of Greater Taree, Port Macquarie-Hastings and Kempsey Shire. Major population centres include Port Macquarie, Taree, Wauchope, Laurieton, Wingham, and parts of Kempsey. The seat 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. William Lyne was commissioned by the first Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun to form the inaugural Federal Government. He was unable to attract sufficient support to form a cabinet and returned the commission. The unsuccessful commissioning of Lyne is known as The Hopetoun Blunder. The Division of Lyne was created in a redistribution in 1949 and has been represented by the Australian Country Party and its subsequent derivatives the National Country Party and the National Party of Australia since its inception. This reflects the area's history as a strongly conservative and rural region. 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. Despite these changes the Australian Labor Party has made little headway in increasing its vote. Its current Member of Parliament is Hon. Mark Vaile, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, former leader of the National Party of Australia and former Minister for Transport and Regional Services. He holds Lyne with an 8% margin.

1 Members
2 Election results
3 References
4 External links
- 4.1 Previous election results

Members

	Party	Term
James Eggins	Country	1949—1952
Philip Lucock	Country, National	1952—1980
Bruce Cowan	National	1980—1993
Mark Vaile	National	1993—present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Mark Vaile	41,319	52.26	-4.44
	Labor	James Langley	25,358	32.07	+5.52
	Greens	Susie Russell	5,649	7.15	+2.37
	Independent	Jamie Harrison	3,326	4.21	+4.21
	Christian Democrats	Robert Waldron	1,679	2.12	+2.12
	Independent	Barry Wright	979	1.24	+1.24
	Independent	Stewart Scott-Irving	330	0.42	+0.42
	Independent	Rodger Riach	238	0.30	+0.30
	Citizens Electoral Council	Graeme Muldoon	184	0.23	-0.02
Total formal votes			79,062	94.93	+0.23
Informal votes			4,220	5.07	-0.23
Turnout			83.282	95.96	+0.55
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	National	Mark Vaile	46,311	58.58	-4.83
	Labor	James Langley	32,751	41.42	+4.83
	National hold		Swing	-4.83

Australian federal election, 2004: Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Mark Vaile	46,958	56.31	+3.01
	Labor	Greg Watters	22,325	26.77	-2.45
	Greens	Jeremy Bradley	3,966	4.76	+1.79
	One Nation	Joan Stanfield	3,046	3.65	-6.56
	New Country	Robyn Murphy	2,824	3.39	+3.39
	Democrats	Peter Wildblood	1,401	1.68	-1.11
	Independent	Kerry Salt	1,327	1.59	+1.59
	Family First	Simon Apostle	1,181	1.42	+1.42
	Citizens Electoral Council	Graeme Muldoon	225	0.27	-0.04
	Socialist Alliance	Ron Bailey	141	0.17	+0.17
Total formal votes			83,394	94.51	-1.49
Informal votes			4,749	5.39	+1.49
Turnout			88,143	95.62	-0.30
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	National	Mark Vaile	52,564	63.03	+1.79
	Labor	Greg Watters	30,830	36.97	-1.79
	National hold		Swing	+1.79

Australian federal election, 2001: Lyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Mark Vaile	42,699	53.30	+3.61
	Labor	Pat Stevens	23,405	29.22	-0.01
	One Nation	Lynn Stanfield	8,178	10.21	-2.97
	Greens	Siobhan Isherwood	2,380	2.97	+0.75
	Democrats	Philip Jirman	2,237	2.79	+0.08
	Independent	Dane William Sara	963	1.20	+1.20
	Citizens Electoral Council	Graeme Muldoon	248	0.31	+0.07
Total formal votes			80,109	96.10	-0.27
Informal votes			3,247	3.90	+0.27
Turnout			83,356	96.78
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	National	Mark Vaile	49,057	61.24	+1.11
	Labor	Pat Stevens	31,052	38.76	-1.11
	National hold		Swing	+1.11