Division of Riverina

The Division of Riverina is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in south-west rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley. It was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first Australian federal election in 1901. It was named after the Riverina region in which it is located. 

The division includes the cities of Wagga Wagga and Griffith and the towns of Coleambally, Coolamon, Gundagai, Hillston,Junee, Leeton, Narrandera, Temora, Tumut, Tumbarumba and West Wyalong. The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the division.

History
There was a by-election in Riverina in 1904. Robert Blackwood won the seat by only a few votes from John Chanter. The results were challenged in the courts and a new election was held in which Chanter won the seat. There was another by-election in 1965 after Hugh Roberton resigned.
In the 1984  the division was abolished and replaced by the Division of Riverina-Darling. In 1992 the division was re-created.

Originally the division included the  Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar, but these are now in the divisions of Farrer and Parkes. This has made Riverina a safe National Party seat.
Members
 Riverina (1901–1984)MemberPartyTerm  John Chanter Protectionist 1901–1903  Robert Blackwood Free Trade 1903–1904 John Chanter Protectionist 1904–1909  Labor 1909–1913  Franc Falkiner Commonwealth Liberal 1913–1914 John Chanter Labor 1914–1916  National Labor 1916–1917  Nationalist 1917–1922  William Killen Country 1922–1931  Horace Nock Country 1931–1940  Joe Langtry Labor 1940–1949  Hugh Roberton Country 1949–1965  Bill Armstrong Country 1965–1969  Al Grassby Labor 1969–1974  John Sullivan Country 1974–1975  National Country 1975–1977  John FitzPatrick Labor 1977–1980  Noel Hicks National Country 1980–1982  National 1982–1984 Riverina (1993–present)MemberPartyTerm  Noel Hicks National 1993–1998  Kay Hull National 1998–2010  Michael McCormack National 2010–present

Al Grassby was the Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government.

Election results

930px|thumb|center|Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Riverina in the 2022 federal election.  indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

References

Other websites
 Division of Riverina – Australian Electoral Commission

Category:Electoral divisions of New South Wales
Category:1901 establishments in Australia
Category:1984 disestablishments in Australia
Category:1992 establishments in Australia