Division of Yarrayonga

Yarrayonga亚垃拥夹Yàlāyōngjiā ヤラヨンガYarayonga Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Yarrayonga亚垃拥夹Yàlāyōngjiā ヤラヨンガYarayonga Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Yarrayonga亚垃拥夹Yàlāyōngjiā ヤラヨンガYarayonga Craftian House of Representatives Division 	Yarrayonga亚垃拥夹Yàlāyōngjiā ヤラヨンガYarayonga Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1986 	 	
MP 	Michael Zehnder 	 	
Party 	Conservative 	 	
Namesake 	Yarrayonga, Bonestan 	 	
Electors 	103,247 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Outer metropolitan 	 	
The Division of Yarrayonga (/yærəˈjɒŋə/ ya-ruh-yong-guh) is a Craftian federal division in the state of Addams. It was created in 1986 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first election in 1986. It is named after the Bonestan satellite town of Yarrayonga, which is the main urban centre of the division. The division is bisected into two demographically very different areas; the northern half is regarded as a highly affluent area of Bonestan, while the southern end is more working-class and lower income. Yarraonga is notable for its unusually high percentage of Chinese Craftians (55.7%). It is one of the few electorates where a single ethnic group form a majority of its voters.
The sitting member, since the 2064 federal election, is Michael Zehnder, a member of the Craftian Conservative Party.
==History==
Yarrayonga, situated to the southwest of Bonestan CBD, was originally a small town that has since been swamped by urbanisation, and has been regarded as part of the Bonestan metropolitan area since the 2020s. The Division of Yarrayonga was formerly a provincial seat, stretching as far as 150 kilometres south of its current border, and its original size was almost five times as large as it is today. Even the name 'Yarrayonga' is tenuous, as the urban centre known as Yarrayonga is barely covered by the electorate, as it continues to move northeast towards Bonestan. Today, the electorate covers none of its original territory, and instead covers a swathe of largely affluent southwestern suburbs, in contrast to the vast rural land it covered decades ago.
Yarrayonga is usually a fairly safe seat for the Conservatives, though its marginality and status as a 'mortgage belt' electorate makes it susceptible to being lost to the National United Party at times.
The seat is best remembered for being the electorate of former Prime Minister Alexander Lee, as well as his eldest son Patrick Lee. The elder Lee held the seat for only three terms before retiring from politics, while Patrick held the seat over three non-consecutive tenures, finally retiring in 2056, at age 75 and 46 years after first winning the seat in 2010.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
1 	width="3%"	Tracey Grimshaw	National 	1987–1990
2 	 	Henry Whittaker	Protection 	1990–1992
3 	 	Alexander Lee 	Conservative	1992–2001
4 	 	Jason Heng 	United 	2001–2010
5 	 	Patrick Lee 	Conservative	2010–2013
6 	 	Joe Corr 	Reform 	2013–2017
7 	 	Kylie Kwan 	Conservative	2017–2019
8 	 	Nathan Chao 	United 	2019–2028
9 	 	Colleen Haskett	Conservative	2028–2034
(5)	 	Patrick Lee 	Conservative	2034–2049
10 	 	Alexandra Wang 	United 	2049–2052
(5)	 	Patrick Lee 	Conservative	2052–2056
11 	 	Emily Liu 	Conservative	2056–2061
12 	 	Chrissie Astine	United 	2061–2064
13 	 	Michael Zehnder	Conservative	2064–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Yarrayonga	Craftian federal election, 2070: Yarrayonga	Craftian federal election, 2070: Yarrayonga	Craftian federal election, 2070: Yarrayonga	Craftian federal election, 2070: Yarrayonga	Craftian federal election, 2070: Yarrayonga
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	Conservative 	Michael Zehnder 	40,241 	43.81 	–2.58
 	United 	Angela Tang 	21,558 	23.47 	–3.97
 	Liberal 	Alison Xu 	14,899 	16.22 	+1.71
 	Independent 	Hayden Huang 	4,032 	4.39 	+4.39
 	Mojang 	Jenson Kam 	2,278 	2.48 	–3.13
 	Christian Unity 	David Tsai 	2,177 	2.37 	–1.66
 	Reform 	Alex Liang 	1,938 	2.11 	–3.52
 	Greens 	Melissa Hoehn 	1,157 	1.26 	+1.26
 	RUC–LA 	Daniel Ludmann 	928 	1.01 	–1.25
 	Independent 	Serena Rockhill 	753 	0.82 	–0.55
 	Liberal Democrats 	Terrance Chen 	680 	0.74 	+0.74
 	Republican 	Geoffrey Yang 	634 	0.69 	–0.30
 	Independent 	Ethyl Koh 	579 	0.63 	+0.63
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	91,853 	94.58 	–1.01
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	5,259 	5.42 	+1.01
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	97,112 	94.06 	+1.43
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 	Michael Zehnder 	54,405 	59.23 	+1.95
 	United 	Angela Tang 	37,448 	40.77 	–1.95
 	Conservative hold 	Conservative hold 	Swing 	+1.95 	
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Addams
Bickmore · Canley · Chifley · Durston · Gunter · Higgins · Holbrook · Jasfydartua · Jinshan · Kota · Lake Sydney · Papele · Quinn · Redleaf · Rindo · Sarda · Trijunction · Xinhu · Yarrayonga