What is the Division of Newcastle?
Q: What is the Division of Newcastle?
A: The Division of Newcastle is a Federal Electoral Division for the Australian House of Representatives in the state of New South Wales.
Q: What is the city around which the Division of Newcastle is centred?
A: The Division of Newcastle is centred around the city of Newcastle, after which it is named.
Q: When was the Division of Newcastle originally set up?
A: The Division of Newcastle was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first Federal election in 1901.
Q: Which political party has always held the Division of Newcastle since its creation?
A: The Australian Labor Party has always held the Division of Newcastle since its creation.
Q: What has been the lowest percentage of the two-party vote that the Labor Party has received in the Division of Newcastle during a general election?
A: Labor has never got less than 58 percent of the two-party vote in a general election.
Q: When did the Labor Party come close to losing the Division of Newcastle?
A: The Labor Party came close to losing the Division of Newcastle in a 1935 by-election when it got 53 percent of the two-party vote.
Q: Is the Division of Newcastle the only original Division to be held by just one party since the first Federal election?
A: Yes, the Division of Newcastle is the only original Division to be held by just one party since the first Federal election.
