Division of Sun Valley

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Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1956 	 	
Dates current 	1956–1979, 1992– 	 	
MP 	Hsiu Weiyah 	 	
Party 	United 	 	
Namesake 	Sun Valley 	 	
Electors 	104,806 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Provincial 	 	
The Division of Sun Valley is a Craftian federal division in the state of Jebsten. It was created in 1956, and named after the Sun Valley region in the northeastern corner of the state, which the majority of the division still covers today, albeit at a much smaller scale. The division was first contested at the 1956 general election, and was abolished in 1979, but recreated in 1992. Formerly a much larger rural electorate, it has shrunk continuously over the years to approximately half its size, and has shifted north to the point that it is now a coastal seat covering the Jebsten North Coast.
The sitting member, since the 2061 federal election, is Hsiu Weiyah, a member of the National United Party.
==History==
Sun Valley's demographic profile has changed significantly since its creation, which has changed the division's voting habits. In its earlier days, it was a landlocked rural seat covering the eastern portion of Jebsten's vast regional areas, including the Sun Valley. The seat was marginal between the Protection of Craftia Party and National Party of Craftia, and was never held by any left-leaning party in its original incarnation. The seat was abolished in a redistribution in 1979 and its voters were divided into several smaller rural electorates.
After it was recreated in 1992, the seat began to move northwards as the population of the North Coast increased, although the Craftian Conservative Party usually maintained its hold on the seat. It became successively more marginal as it moved towards the working class city of Calmia. The seat became known as one of the Conservatives' most marginal seats, with the party often holding it by wafer-thin margins, yet only losing it to the United Party on two occasions between 1992 and 2046. A major redistribution in 2046 caused Sun Valley to be reconfigured into a much more compact electorate, transferring much of its Conservative-voting territory to Changshou. The seat now faced the coast directly and its westernmost border was actually located inside the Calmia city borders. Since losing the seat in 2046, the Conservatives have been unable to regain it from United, and since the 2050s it has been regarded as a fairly safe United seat.
==Members==
First incarnation (1956–1979) 	First incarnation (1956–1979) 	First incarnation (1956–1979) 	First incarnation (1956–1979) 	First incarnation (1956–1979)
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1 	width="3%" 	Owen Gold 	Protection 	1956–1970
2 	 	Bruce Samson 	National 	1970–1971
3 	 	Michael Densmore 	National 	1971–1979
Second incarnation (1992–present)	Second incarnation (1992–present)	Second incarnation (1992–present)	Second incarnation (1992–present)	Second incarnation (1992–present)
4 	 	Jamar Corkley 	Conservative 	1992–2007
5 	 	Rashad Patel 	United 	2007–2010
6 	 	Simon Strachan 	Conservative 	2010–2019
7 	 	Rozanne Gutowski 	United 	2019–2022
8 	 	Rebecca Langston 	Conservative 	2022–2028
9 	 	Gavin Schissler 	Conservative 	2028–2046
10 	 	Mary Yamashita 	United 	2046–2049
11 	 	Richard Kleinschmidt 	United 	2049–2061
12 	 	Hsiu Weiyah 	United 	2061–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Sun Valley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sun Valley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sun Valley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sun Valley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sun Valley	Craftian federal election, 2070: Sun Valley
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	United 	Hsiu Weiyah 	35,476 	37.09 	+5.35
 	Conservative 	Andre Schultz 	27,203 	28.44 	–5.96
 	Liberal 	Prabin Ajithal 	18,393 	19.23 	+1.43
 	Reform 	Jason Otaki 	5,930 	6.20 	–0.74
 	Independent 	Jonathan Meng 	4,955 	5.18 	+5.18
 	Greens 	Sandra Beattie 	3,692 	3.86 	–2.71
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	95,649 	94.96 	+2.63
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	5,077 	5.04 	–2.63
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	100,726 	96.11 	+1.33
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 	Hsiu Weiyah 	56,146 	58.70 	+4.83
 	Conservative 	Andre Schultz 	39,503 	41.30 	–4.83
 	United hold 	United hold 	Swing 	+4.83 	
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Jebsten
Barris · Bonnells · Changshou · Charles · Coastalis · Cook · Flinders · Georgia · Herbert · Highlane · Kingla · Laidera · Notchropolis · Phillipson · Promontory · Rasdon · Sun Valley · Waratah · Wattle · Wilson · Wyundyaga