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Division of Page

Page
Australian House of Representatives Division
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Division of Page in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created 1984
MP Kevin Hogan
Party The Nationals
Namesake Sir Earle Page
Electors 117,317 (2016)
Area 19,342 km2 (7,468.0 sq mi)
Demographic Rural

The Division of Page is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the far north-east of the state, adjoining the border with Queensland and the Tasman Sea. The division is named after the Right Honourable Sir Earle Page, the first leader of the Country Party of Australia and the caretaker Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Joseph Lyons in 1939. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 October 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 federal election.

The division includes the towns of Lismore, Casino, Grafton, Tyringham, Bonalbo, Nimbin and Iluka. Originally, much of its current territory (including Page's home of Grafton) was located in neighbouring Cowper, which Page represented from 1919 to 1961. In February 2016, Page's borders were extended as far south as Sapphire Beach.

The current Member for Page, since the 2013 federal election, is Kevin Hogan, a member of The Nationals.

Ahead of the 2016 federal election, ABC psephologist Antony Green listed the seat in his election guide as one of eleven which he classed as "bellwether" electorates.


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