Division of Wattle

Wattle荆树Jīngshù ワトルWatoru Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Wattle荆树Jīngshù ワトルWatoru Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Wattle荆树Jīngshù ワトルWatoru Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Wattle荆树Jīngshù ワトルWatoru Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	2020 	 	
MP 	Ed Seat 	 	
Party 	Conservative 	 	
Namesake 	State flower of Jebsten 	 	
Electors 	100,489 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Provincial 	 	
The Division of Wattle is a Craftian federal division in the state of Jebsten. It was created in 2020 and was first contested at the 2022 federal election. It is named after the wattle, the floral emblem of Jebsten, and its territory consists of a narrow strip located along the state's mid-North Coast.
The sitting member, since the 2046 federal election, is Ed Seat, a member of the Craftian Conservative Party.
==History==
Historically, Wattle has been a very safe seat for the Conservative Party, as it was anchored in the rural interior of the state. Demographic changes since the 2050s has caused it to progressively lose its rural territory, and reduced it to a semi-urbanised coastal electorate. It has still never been won by the National United Party, although the margins have continuously become tighter with each successive election.
In recent years, Wattle has seen one of the highest rural seat votes for the Craftian Greens, due to the issues of coal seam gas mining, fracking and deforestation appealing to the influx of younger voters who have settled in the region.
==Members==
#	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1	width="3%"	Cliff Pajak 	Conservative	2022–2031
2	 	Carolyn Fujiwara	Liberal 	2031–2034
3	 	Will Dykstra 	Conservative	2034–2046
4	 	Ed Seat 	Conservative	2046–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Wattle	Craftian federal election, 2070: Wattle	Craftian federal election, 2070: Wattle	Craftian federal election, 2070: Wattle	Craftian federal election, 2070: Wattle	Craftian federal election, 2070: Wattle
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Conservative 	Ed Seat 	39,108 	44.39 	–2.15
 	United 	Katelyn Kovacevic 	19,100 	21.68 	–1.03
 	Greens 	Wendell Lee 	13,074 	14.84 	+2.09
 	Reform 	Sean Bao 	9,480 	10.76 	–0.94
 	Liberal 	Dave Bausky 	4,238 	4.81 	–2.70
 	RUC–LA 	Sharon Ernest 	2,106 	2.39 	–1.51
 	Republican 	Hannah Soren 	996 	1.13 	+0.02
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	88,100 	95.16 	+1.02
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	4,478 	4.84 	–1.02
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	92,578 	92.13 	–1.26
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	Conservative 	Ed Seat 	50,552 	57.38 	–1.80
 	United 	Katelyn Kovacevic 	37,548 	42.62 	+1.80
 	Conservative hold 	Conservative hold 	Swing 	–1.80 	
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Jebsten
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