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Quintin King
One Nation
House of Reps
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Kenneth Maxwell
United Australia Party
House of Reps
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Michael O'Neill
IMO Party
Senate
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Marelle Burnum Burnum
IMO Party
Senate
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Matthew Hopkins
Great Australian Party
Senate
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Selena Clancy
Australian Values Party
Senate
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Dave Gilbert
Australian Values Party
Senate
Electorate Information
State/Territory: New South Wales
Date Name & Boundary Gazetted: 25 February 2016
First Election This Name Was Used At: 1949 federal election
First Election This Boundary Was Used At: 2016 federal election
Name Derivation: Named in honour of Naval Lieutenant John Shortland, 1769–1810. Shortland named the Hunter River, made the first chart of the harbour and collected samples of coal near what would become Shortland.
Square Area: 265 Sq Km
Location Description: Shortland covers an area from Highfields, Cardiff and Boolaroo in the north to Budgewoi and San Remo in the south and is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the west by Wallsend Road, Reservoir Road, Lowry Street, Main Road, Lake Macquarie, Wyee Road and Pacific Highway. The main suburbs include Belmont, Boolaroo, Budgewoi, Catherine Hill Bay, Cardiff, Caves Beach, Chain Valley Bay, Charlestown, Doyalson, Dudley, Eleebana, Gateshead, Gwandalan, Highfields, Hillsborough, Mannering Park, Redhead, San Remo, Speers Point, Swansea, Valentine and Windale.This description reflects local government areas in existence in 2015.
Demographic Rating: Provincial – outside capital cities, but with a majority of enrolment in major provincial cities.
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