Division of Robertson

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Robertson Australian House of Representatives Division

Created:	1901
State or territory:	New South Wales
MP:	Belinda Neal
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	John Robertson
Electors:	94,334
Area:	721 km²
Demographic:	Provincial

The Division of Robertson is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The Division is located on the Central Coast, immediately north of the Hawkesbury River. It encompasses the towns of Woy Woy, Gosford and Terrigal. 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 Sir John Robertson, fifth Premier of New South Wales. In the 2007 federal election, the Division was contested by the incumbent Jim Lloyd, the former federal Minister for Local Government, Territories and Roads, and the Labor candidate and former Senator Belinda Neal, who Lloyd previously defeated at the 1998 federal election. The election results in Robertson were very close, and the two-candidate preferred vote stood only 237 votes apart (42,562 votes for Lloyd and 42,799 votes for Neal) after a week's counting. Belinda Neal claimed victory on December 5 with 95% of the votes counted and 50.1% of the two-party preferred vote.^[1]

Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Robertson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Lloyd	39,792	45.63	-7.83
	Labor	Belinda Neal	37,437	42.93	+8.29
	Greens	Mira Wroblewski	6,279	7.20	-0.65
	Christian Democrats	George Grant	1,929	2.21	+2.21
	One Nation	Helen Ryan	924	1.06	-0.66
	Family First	Daniel Le	708	0.81	-0.91
	Citizens Electoral Council	Nicholas Tomlin	141	0.16	-0.11
Total formal votes			87,210	96.56	+1.09
Informal votes			3,109	3.44	-1.09
Turnout			90,319	95.74	+0.11
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Belinda Neal	43,697	50.11	+6.98
	Liberal	Jim Lloyd	43,513	49.89	-6.98
	Labor gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.98

Australian federal election, 2004: Robertson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jim Lloyd	41,816	53.62	+2.82
	Labor	Trish Moran	27,107	34.76	+0.68
	Greens	Terry Jones	6,200	7.95	+4.63
	One Nation	Don Parkes	1,344	1.72	-1.36
	Family First	Carolyn Dorhauer	1,312	1.68	+1.68
	Citizens Electoral Council	Nicholas Tomlin	211	0.27	+0.10
Total formal votes			77,990	95.61	+1.72
Informal votes			3,581	4.39	-1.72
Turnout			81,571	95.38	-0.17
2-Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Jim Lloyd	44,308	56.81	-0.17
	Labor	Trish Moran	33,682	43.19	+0.17
	Liberal hold		Swing	-0.17