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Division of Farrer

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Created
  
1949

Electors
  
111,466 (2016)

Founded
  
1949

Elector
  
111,466

MP
  
Sussan Ley

Demographic
  
Rural

Member of parliament
  
Sussan Ley

Namesake
  
William Farrer

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Area
  
126,590 km (48,876.7 sq mi)

Party
  
Liberal Party of Australia

The Division of Farrer is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for William Farrer, an agricultural scientist.

The division is located in the far south-western area of the state and includes Albury, Corowa, Narrandera, Leeton, Griffith, Deniliquin, Hay, Balranald and Wentworth.

The sitting member, since the 2001 election, is Sussan Ley, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.

It has always been a safe non-Labor seat, alternating between the Liberal Party and the National Party. All four of its members have gone on to serve in cabinet, most notably Tim Fischer, leader of the National Party from 1993 to 2001 and Deputy Prime Minister during the first half of the Howard Government.

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