Division of Foley

Foley弗利Fúlì フォーリーForī Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Foley弗利Fúlì フォーリーForī Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Foley弗利Fúlì フォーリーForī Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Foley弗利Fúlì フォーリーForī Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1998 	 	
MP 	Luanna Bai 	 	
Party 	United 	 	
Namesake 	David Foley 	 	
Electors 	109,417 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Outer metropolitan 	 	
The Division of Foley (/ˈfoʊli/ fohl-li) is a Craftian federal division in the state of Meyang. It was created in 1998 and was first contested at the federal election later that year. It is named in honour of early Craftian psephologist and election analyst David Foley (1960–1997), and is based in the southern suburbs of Troll City, the capital and largest city of Meyang. The electorate's population is one of Craftia's most disadvantaged, having among the nation's lowest median incomes, and highest levels of unemployment, sitting at 11.7 percent, compared to the national level of 4.6 percent.
The sitting member, since the 2067 federal election, is Luanna Bai, a member of the National United Party.
==History==
Foley covers a band of heavily working-class suburbs in Troll City's southwestern region. For most of its existence, the division has been a safe seat for United on paper. It has, however, notably been the seat held by longtime Member of Parliament, Prime Minister and founder of the Craftian Reform Party, Oliver Hen-Ji. He held the seat for a total of 38 years, which as of 2074, means he has held it half the time the seat has existed.
Other than during Hen-Ji's tenure, the seat has been very safe for the United Party, especially after his retirement in 2046, although Reform remains a significant minor force in the electorate, usually finishing second after preferences. It has been held by United since 2049 on very safe margins of upwards of 15%, mostly due to its demographics – the southern suburbs of Troll City have traditionally been very working-class and multicultural. Foley covers a very disadvantaged area, with its socioeconomic status being very low. The electorate has the highest crime rate in the country.
Despite being a safe United seat, Foley voters are particularly socially conservative, with Foley having one of the highest percentages of religious affiliation in the country. Only 14.3% of the electorate is non-religious, far below the national average of 46.2%, while 34.2% are Christian and 29.6% are Muslim (compared to 24.3% and 10.7% respectively). Notably, Foley registered the highest 'No' vote in the country during the same-sex marriage referendum in 2007, with 79.6% voting 'No'.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1 	width="3%"	Luke Carpenter	Liberty 	1998–2003
1 	 	Luke Carpenter	United 	2003–2007
2 	 	Oliver Hen-Ji 	Liberty 	2007–2012
2 	 	Oliver Hen-Ji 	Independent	2012–2013
2 	 	Oliver Hen-Ji 	Reform 	2013–2033
3 	 	Fu Chi Poon 	Reform 	2033–2034
(2)	 	Oliver Hen-Ji 	Reform 	2034–2046
4 	 	Dan Mah 	Reform 	2046–2049
5 	 	Georgia Ball 	United 	2049–2055
6 	 	Ji-Min Low 	United 	2055–2067
7 	 	Luanna Bai 	United 	2067–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Foley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Foley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Foley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Foley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Foley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Foley
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	United 	Luanna Bai 	46,955 	55.14 	+3.07
 	Reform 	Matthew O'Donaghue 	19,126 	22.46 	–6.49
 	Conservative 	John Corio 	8,413 	9.88 	+3.91
 	Liberal 	Rachel Hickerson 	5,969 	7.01 	–1.23
 	Greens 	Peter Willis 	1,831 	2.15 	–0.26
 	Christian Unity 	Alex Storey 	1,380 	1.62 	+0.79
 	Socialist 	Matthew Chen 	1,081 	1.27 	–1.89
 	Independent 	Dawn Carter 	400 	0.47 	+0.47
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	85,156 	87.71 	+2.21
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	11,928 	12.29 	–2.21
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	97,084 	88.73 	+3.31
Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result 	Two-party-preferred result
 	United 	Luanna Bai 	58,281 	68.44 	+2.43
 	Reform 	Matthew O'Donaghue 	26,875 	31.56 	–2.43
 	United hold 	United hold 	Swing 	+2.43