Paterson

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Paterson is an Australian federal electoral division in New South Wales, represented in the national Parliament.

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Paterson canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian federal electoral division
Australian politician
abolished 1984
borderedBy Pacific Ocean
classification Provincial
containsLocalGovernmentArea Cessnock City Council
Maitland, New South Wales
surface form: City of Maitland

Dungog Shire
MidCoast Council
surface form: Mid-Coast Council

Port Stephens Council
country Australia
created 1949
currentMemberParty Australian Labor Party
electoralCommission Australian Electoral Commission
electoralDivisionNumber NSW federal division
electoralSystem instant-runoff voting
establishedBy Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918
surface form: Commonwealth Electoral Act
federalSubjectOf New South Wales
firstElectionContested 1949 Australian federal election
governsLevel federal
hasCurrentMemberOfParliament Meryl Swanson
hasElectors over 100000
hasHadMemberFromParty Australian Labor Party
Liberal Party of Australia
National Party of Australia
hasNamesakeType geographical feature
hasRedistributionAuthority Australian Electoral Commission
hasRepresentationType single-member electorate
includesTown Cessnock outskirts
Kurri Kurri
Maitland, New South Wales
surface form: Maitland

Port Stephens
surface form: Port Stephens region

Raymond Terrace
isPartOf House of Representatives electoral map of New South Wales
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
locatedIn New South Wales
memberOfParliamentFor Division of Paterson
namedAfter Paterson River
namedFor Paterson River NERFINISHED
party Australian Labor Party
recreated 1992
region Hunter Region
representedIn House of Representatives of Australia
surface form: Australian House of Representatives

Parliament of Australia
stateElectorateType rural and provincial
votingEligibility Australian citizens enrolled in the division

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