Location in New South Wales

The Division of Riverina is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in south-west rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley. It includes the towns of Wagga Wagga, Gundagai, Hay, Leeton and Griffith. The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the Division. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... The states and territories of Australia make up the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal system of government. ... Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $305,437 (1st)  - Product per capita  $45,153/person (4th) Population (End of March 2006)  - Population  6,817,100 (1st)  - Density  8. ... The Murrumbidgee River is a major river in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Wagga Wagga (pronounced wogga wogga, informally called Wagga) is a city in New South Wales, Australia. ... Gundagai is a town located along the Murrumbidgee River and Muniong and Yambla Mountain ranges, 390 km south-west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Hay is a town in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ... Leeton is a town and Local Government Area in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. ... Griffith is a city in south-western New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sturt Highway, outside of Gawler, South Australia. ...

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 the Riverina region in which it is located. In the 1984 redistribution, the Division was abolished and replaced by the Division of Riverina-Darling, but in the 1992 redistribution it was re-created. The Division covers a primarily agricultural area. Year 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. ... Edmund Barton, Prime Minister and Protectionist Party leader The Australian legislative election, 1901 was the first federal election held in Australia following the establishment of the Federation of Australia. ... The Riverina is a prosperous agricultural region of south-western New South Wales (NSW), Australia. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

The seat is currently a safe Nationals seat, but was amuch more marginal seat when it included the Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar which have now been transferred to Parkes. The seat has previously been held by Al Grassby, Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government. The National Party of Australia is an Australian conservative political party, which claims to represent rural voters. ... This article is about mineral extraction. ... Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Area in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia, with a population of 21,000. ... Cobar (estimated population 5,300) is a town and Local Government Area on the eastern edge of the Australian outback. ... The Hon Albert Jaime Grassby AM (12 July 1926 - 23 April 2005), Australian politician, was Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam Labor government. ... Edward Gough Whitlam AC QC (born 11 July 1916), known as Gough Whitlam (, pronounced Goff), Australian politician and 21st Prime Minister of Australia. ...

Members

The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Free Trade Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian conservative political party, which claims to represent rural voters. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... The Hon Albert Jaime Grassby AM (12 July 1926 - 23 April 2005), Australian politician, was Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam Labor government. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... John Sullivan is an Australian politician. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian conservative political party, which claims to represent rural voters. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The National Party of Australia is an Australian conservative political party, which claims to represent rural voters. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Kay Hull Kay Elizabeth Hull (born 3 February 1954), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Riverina, New South Wales. ...

External links

• Division of Riverina AEC page
• Division of Riverina map. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on June 26, 2005. (PDF, 172 kB)