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Division of Hume

Australian federal electoral division

Summary

Australian federal electoral division

Field	Value
federal	yes
name	Hume
image
caption	Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the 2025 federal election
mp	Angus Taylor
mp-party	Liberal
created	1901
namesake	Hamilton Hume
electors	117488
electors_year	2025
area	2674
class	Outer metropolitan
near-n	Macquarie
near-ne	Lindsay
Werriwa
near-nw	Calare
near-e	Macarthur
near-w	Calare
near-s	Whitlam
near-se	Cunningham
near-sw	Riverina

| mp-party = Liberal | near-n = Macquarie | near-ne = Lindsay Werriwa | near-nw = Calare | near-e = Macarthur | near-w = Calare | near-s = Whitlam | near-se = Cunningham | near-sw = Riverina The Division of Hume is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It lies on the outskirts of southwestern Sydney. The current Member for Hume, since the 2013 federal election, has been Angus Taylor, a member of the Liberal Party.

Geography

The division is located in the outer Sydney suburbs and some nearby rural areas. It includes Wollondilly Shire, most of Camden Council, the western part of the City of Liverpool and a southern part of the City of Penrith.

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.

History

[[Hamilton Hume]], the division's namesake

The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. The division was named after Hamilton Hume, one of the first Europeans to travel through the area. It was located in southern NSW on the Victorian border and encompassed the town of Albury. Since then, it has gradually moved north-east towards Sydney. Prior to the 2024 redistribution, the division was located in a rural part of the state, north of the Australian Capital Territory, extending to the outer Sydney suburbs at its northeastern extremity. It included Boorowa and Goulburn in the west, parts of the Southern Highlands in the centre and Camden in the east.

It has encompassed outer south west Sydney since the 2025 federal election.

The Member for Hume, since the 2013 federal election, has been Angus Taylor, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Boundaries

Redistribution	Map	Interactive	Elections	Notes
1900			1901
1984
11 October			1984
1987
1990
1992
31 January			1993
1996
1998
2000
31 January	[[File:Hume electoral division.png	220px]]		2001
2004
2006	{{Easy CSS image crop	image=Division of Hume 2007.png	align=centre	crop_top_perc=11	crop_bottom_perc=11}}	2007
2009	{{Easy CSS image crop	image=Division of Hume 2010.png	align=centre	crop_top_perc=11	crop_bottom_perc=11}}	2010
2013
2016
25 February	{{Easy CSS image crop	image=Division of HUME 2016.png	align=centre	crop_top_perc=11	crop_bottom_perc=11}}	2016
2019
2022
2024
10 October	[[File:Division of Hume 2025.svg	220px]]		2025

Members

Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		[[File:William Lyne (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Sir William Lyne
(1844–1913)	Protectionist	nowrap	29 March 1901 –
26 May 1909
		nowrap	Independent	nowrap	26 May 1909 –
31 May 1913
		[[File:Robert Patten.jpg	100px]]	Robert Patten
(1859–1940)	Liberal	nowrap	31 May 1913 –
17 February 1917
		Nationalist	nowrap	17 February 1917 –
26 March 1917
		[[File:Franc Falkiner.jpg	100px]]	Franc Falkiner
(1867–1929)	nowrap	5 May 1917 –
3 November 1919	Previously held the Division of Riverina. Did not contest in 1919. Failed to win a Senate seat
		[[File:Parker Moloney.jpg	100px]]	Parker Moloney
(1879–1961)	Labor	nowrap	13 December 1919 –
19 December 1931
		[[File:Thomas Collins.jpg	100px]]	Thomas Collins
(1884–1945)	Country	nowrap	19 December 1931 –
21 August 1943
		[[File:Arthur Fuller1.jpg	100px]]	Arthur Fuller
(1893–1987)	Labor	nowrap	21 August 1943 –
10 December 1949
		[[File:Charles G W Anderson 100636.JPG	100px]]	Charles Anderson
(1897–1988)	Country	nowrap	10 December 1949 –
28 April 1951
		[[File:ArthurFuller1962.jpg	100px]]	Arthur Fuller
(1893–1987)	Labor	nowrap	28 April 1951 –
10 December 1955
		[[File:Charles G W Anderson 100636.JPG	100px]]	Charles Anderson
(1897–1988)	Country	nowrap	10 December 1955 –
9 December 1961
		[[File:ArthurFuller1962.jpg	100px]]	Arthur Fuller
(1893–1987)	Labor	nowrap	9 December 1961 –
30 November 1963
		[[File:IanPettitt1964.jpg	100px]]	Ian Pettitt
(1910–1977)	Country	nowrap	30 November 1963 –
2 December 1972
		[[File:Frank_Olley.jpg	100px]]	Frank Olley
(1927–1988)	Labor	nowrap	2 December 1972 –
18 May 1974
		[[File:Stephen Lusher 1974 (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Stephen Lusher
(1945–)	Country	nowrap	18 May 1974 –
2 May 1975
		National Country	nowrap	2 May 1975 –
16 October 1982
		Nationals	nowrap	16 October 1982 –
1 December 1984
		[[File:Wallace Fife.jpg	100px]]	Wal Fife
(1929–2017)	Liberal	nowrap	1 December 1984 –
8 February 1993
		[[File:Nationals Placeholder.png	100px]]	John Sharp
(1954–)	Nationals	nowrap	13 March 1993 –
31 August 1998
			Alby Schultz
(1939–2015)	Liberal	nowrap	3 October 1998 –
5 August 2013
		[[File:Angus Taylor 2015.jpg	100px]]	Angus Taylor
(1966–)	nowrap	7 September 2013 –
present	Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Hume

References

"Profile of the electoral division of Hume". [[Australian Electoral Commission]].
(14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide".
(2024-06-18). "How Hume moved from Albury to Leppington". The Tally Room.

Wikipedia Source

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