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Division of Dobell

Australian federal electoral division

Summary

Australian federal electoral division

Field	Value
federal	yes
name	Dobell
image
caption	Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the 2025 federal election
created	1984
mp	Emma McBride
mp-party	Labor
namesake	Sir William Dobell
electors	122630
electors_year	2025
area	675
class	Provincial

| mp-party = Labor

The Division of Dobell () is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

The current MP is Emma McBride, a member of the Australian Labor Party. She has served since 2016.

History

Sir William Dobell]], the division's namesake

The Division of Dobell was created in 1984 and is named in honour of Sir William Dobell, the painter. Dobell was originally a fairly safe seat for the Australian Labor Party, held by Michael Lee, a former minister in the Keating government. The seat was won by the Liberal Party in the 2001 election. The Liberals consolidated their hold on the seat at the 2004 election; however Labor regained the seat at the 2007 election when Craig Thomson defeated Ken Ticehurst.

The seat has been held by Labor’s Emma McBride since 2016.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

The division is located in the Central Coast region and includes the suburbs of The Entrance, Tuggerah and Wyong. The electorate stretches from Blue Haven in the north to Wyoming in the south, from The Entrance in the East through the Jilliby Valley. The division includes the suburbs Bateau Bay, Berkeley Vale, Blue Haven, The Entrance, Gorokan, Jilliby, Lisarow, Ourimbah, Toukley, Tuggerah, Tumbi Umbi, Wamberal, Wyoming, and Wyong.

Members

Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		[[File:MichaelLee.jpg	100px]]	Michael Lee
(1957–)	Labor	nowrap	1 December 1984 –
10 November 2001
		[[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg	100px]]	Ken Ticehurst
(1945–)	Liberal	nowrap	10 November 2001 –
24 November 2007
		[[File:Craig Thomson.jpg	100px]]	Craig Thomson
(1964–)	Labor	nowrap	24 November 2007 –
29 April 2012
		nowrap	Independent	nowrap	29 April 2012 –
7 September 2013
		[[File:Liberal Party of Australia placeholder portrait.svg	100px]]	Karen McNamara
(1964–)	Liberal	nowrap	7 September 2013 –
2 July 2016
		[[File:Emma McBride Tacoma Public School 2017 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Emma McBride
(1975–)	Labor	nowrap	2 July 2016 –
present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Dobell

References

(14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide".

Wikipedia Source

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