Page Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Page (green) within New South Wales
Created:	1984
MP:	Janelle Saffin
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Sir Earle Page
Electors:	93,426
Area:	16,091 km² (6,213 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Page is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the far north-east of the state, adjoining the border with Queensland and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. It includes the towns of Ballina, Lismore, Casino, Grafton, Tyringham, Bonalbo, Nimbin and Iluka.

The Division is named after Rt Hon Sir Earle Page, the first leader of the Country Party of Australia and the caretaker Prime Minister of Australia after the death of Joseph Lyons in 1939. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 October 1984, and was first contested at the 1984 Federal election. The seat is currently a marginal Labor seat. It is was previously held by Ian Causley, the Deputy Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.

Causley retired at the 2007 election, and was replaced as the National candidate by former Mayor of Maclean Chris Gulaptis. The Labor Party selected Janelle Saffin, a former member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, who took the seat with a swing of around 8%.

Contents 1 Members 2 Election results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Members

Member		Party	Term
	Ian Robinson	National	1984–1990
	Harry Woods	Labor	1990–1996
	Ian Causley	National	1996–2007
	Janelle Saffin	Labor	2007–present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Page
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Chris Gulaptis	36,813	43.05	-6.68
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	35,636	41.67	+8.60
	Greens	Theo Jongen	6,930	8.10	-1.46
	Independent	Doug Behn	1,525	1.78	+0.40
	Christian Democrats	Rhonda Avasalu	1,430	1.67	+1.67
	Democrats	Julia Melland	910	1.06	+0.79
	Independent	Tony Kane	877	1.03	+1.03
	Family First	Mirian Vega	784	0.92	+0.76
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Beatty	462	0.54	+0.54
	CEC	John Culverwell	143	0.17	-0.78
Total formal votes			85,510	95.70	-0.22
Informal votes			3,842	4.30	+0.22
Turnout			89,352	95.64	-0.29
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Janelle Saffin	44,770	52.36	+7.83
	National	Chris Gulaptis	40,740	47.64	-7.83
	Labor gain from National		Swing	+7.83

[edit] References

• Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
• The Poll Bludger
• ABC Elections
• Australian Electoral Commission

[edit] External links

• "Division of Page". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/p/page.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29.  (PDF, 176 kB)

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