Division of Whetstone

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Division Details 	Division Details 	Division Details 	
Created 	1957 	 	
MP 	Wilfrid Foré 	 	
Party 	United 	 	
Namesake 	Angela Whetstone 	 	
Electors 	105,856 (2070) 	 	
Demographic 	Outer metropolitan 	 	
The Division of Whetstone (/ˈwɛtstən/ wet-stən) is a Craftian federal division in the state of Berhardsson. It was created in 1956 and was first contested at the 1957 general election. It was abolished in 1986 and recreated in 2022, covering a similar area to its original incarnation. It is the first division named after a woman, with its namesake being poet and suffragette Angela Whetstone (1867–1946). Originally, the division was a provincial electorate to the east of Grumbroe. However, due to population growth, it has shifted significantly towards the Grumbroe-Stromville metropolitan area and now takes in the outermost suburbs of the two cities.
The sitting member, since the 2058 federal election, is Wilfrid Foré, a member of the National United Party.
==History==
In both of its incarnations, Whetstone has remained a fairly safe seat for the left-leaning National Labour Party and the National United Party. It has been held by a centre-right party for just 7 of its 81 years of existence. This pattern has continued even as the seat shifted away from its roots in the rural Venturas Peninsula to suburban Grumbroe. The NUP has held the seat without interruption since 2031.
==Members==
# 	Member 	Member 	Party 	Term
First incarnation (1957–1986) 	First incarnation (1957–1986) 	First incarnation (1957–1986) 	First incarnation (1957–1986) 	First incarnation (1957–1986)
1 	width="3%" 	Peter Peters 	Labour 	1957–1972
2 	 	Lawrence Witt 	National 	1972–1976
3 	 	Jeremy McCrady 	Labour 	1976–1980
3 	 	Jeremy McCrady 	Liberty 	1980–1986
Second incarnation (2022–present)	Second incarnation (2022–present)	Second incarnation (2022–present)	Second incarnation (2022–present)	Second incarnation (2022–present)
4 	 	Roselyn Kimbrott 	United 	2022–2028
5 	 	Ivan Yon Eno 	Conservative 	2028–2031
6 	 	Brad Hudak 	United 	2031–2037
7 	 	Shizuko Nakano 	United 	2037–2058
8 	 	Wilfrid Foré 	United 	2058–
==Election results==
Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone	Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone	Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone	Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone	Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone	Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone
Party 	Party 	Candidate 	Votes 	% 	±%
 	United 	Wilfrid Foré 	34,171 	35.05 	+2.03
 	Conservative 	Natalie Wilde 	24,539 	25.17 	–6.16
 	Liberal 	Carol Palin 	18,026 	18.49 	+2.52
 	Greens 	Joel Kitts 	10,588 	10.86 	–1.47
 	Reform 	Michael Wu 	4,124 	4.23 	+0.89
 	Independent 	Simone Takahashi 	3,578 	3.67 	+3.67
 	Mojang 	Teika Ridley 	1,482 	1.52 	+0.48
 	Progressive 	Donovan Nguyen 	985 	1.01 	+1.01
Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	Total formal votes 	97,493 	95.44 	+2.31
Informal votes 	Informal votes 	Informal votes 	4,662 	4.56 	–2.31
Turnout 	Turnout 	Turnout 	102,155 	96.50 	–1.62
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 	Wilfrid Foré 	56,224 	57.67 	+2.21
 	Conservative 	Natalie Wilde 	41,269 	42.33 	–2.21
 	United hold 	United hold 	Swing 	+2.21 	
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Berhardsson
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