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Australian federal election, 2025
Division of Hume, New South Wales
Named for: Hamilton Hume (1797-1873), explorer
South-west of Sydney: Badgerys Creek, Bargo, Camden, Leppington, Picton
Enrolment at 2019 election: 116,495
Enrolment at 2022 election: 121,712 (+04.6)
1999 republic referendum: No 65.1
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 58.6
2023 Voice referendum: No 73.4
2007 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.2%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 8.7%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 11.5%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 10.2%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 13.0%
2022 Liberal majority over Labor: 7.7%
2025 notional Liberal majority over Labor: 6.9%
Status: Marginal Liberal
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2022
2022 results
Statistics and history
Announced candidates:
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Hon Angus Taylor
Liberal Party |
Division of Hume
Hume has existed since Federation, and was traditionally a rural seat located in southern regional NSW, but its boundaries
have undergone several major changes, and it now contains none of its original territory. Before 1949 it was
based on Albury, Gundagai and Yass, and was usually a non-Labor seat, although Labor won it in good Labor
years. Parker Moloney was a minister in the Scullin government.
After 1949 Liberal-voting Albury was removed to
Farrer, and Hume
became a classic marginal seat, changing hands with every swing: Labor's
Arthur Fuller held it for three separate terms.
Since 1984, however, Hume has been drawn to the north-east, acquiring first Goulburn (in 1993) and then
affluent Southern Highlands towns like Picton, Bowral and Moss Vale (the latter two are now in
Whitlam). The inclusion of the Highlands towns, which are suburbanising, raised Hume's median family income level, and also
raised the proportion of people in professional and managerial occupations. Labor has not won Hume since 1972 (when it was a very different seat), and Nationals last won it in 1996.
The 2016 redistribution moved Hume further to the north-east, adding semi-suburban territory around Camden and Bringelly.
The 2024 redistribution has carried this shift even further, removing Crookwell and Goulburn and adding outer Sydney
suburbs such as Badgerys Creek and Leppington. The seat is now in effect a fringe-suburban seat, and has more in common
with the old
Macarthur
than with the old Hume.
Alby Schultz, an outspoken local member and a frequent backbench
rebel, held Hume for the Liberals from 1998 until his retirement in 2013.
Angus Taylor, Liberal MP for Hume since 2013, is a
lawyer with a masters degree in economics from Oxford, and was a company director before his election. He became
Minister for Law Enforcement and Cybersecurity in December 2017. In August 2018 he resigned as part of the push by
Peter Dutton against Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull. His reward was to be promoted to Minister
for Energy and Emissions Reduction in the Morrison Cabinet. After the 2022 election defeat he became Shadow Treasurer.
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