Division of Charlton facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Charlton Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Charlton (green) in New South Wales
Created	1984
Abolished	2016
Namesake	Matthew Charlton
Electors	94,474 (2010)
Area	688 km2 (265.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

Matthew Charlton was a leader of the Labor Party.

The Division of Charlton was a special area in New South Wales where people voted for a representative in the Australian Parliament. It was created in 1984. The area was named after Matthew Charlton, who was a leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1922 to 1928.

This voting area covered parts of the Hunter Region in New South Wales. It included towns like Cardiff, Wallsend, Toronto, Morisset, Cooranbong, Glendale, and Warners Bay.

In October 2015, the Australian Electoral Commission decided that the Division of Charlton would be changed for the next election. This happened because the number of people living in different areas had changed. New South Wales lost one voting area, and a new one was created in Western Australia. To make these changes, the boundaries of voting areas in New South Wales were redrawn. The old Division of Hunter was going to be removed. However, because "Hunter" is a very old and original voting area name, the Electoral Commission tried to keep it. So, the Hunter area was moved and took over the area that used to be Charlton.

Who Represented Charlton?

This section lists the people who were elected to represent the Division of Charlton in the Australian Parliament. They were all members of the Australian Labor Party.

Image		Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Bob Brown	Labor	1984–1998	He used to represent the Hunter area. He was a minister in the governments led by Bob Hawke and Paul Keating. When he retired, his daughter, Kelly Hoare, took over the seat.
		Kelly Hoare	Labor	1998–2007	She decided not to run for re-election.
		Greg Combet	Labor	2007–2013	He was a minister in the governments led by Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard. He later retired.
		Pat Conroy	Labor	2013–2016	When the Charlton area was removed in 2016, he moved to represent the Shortland area instead.

Greg Combet was once the Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), which is a big group that represents workers. He was also the Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency in the government led by Julia Gillard.

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