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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Barker, South Australia
South-eastern SA: Mt Gambier, Murray Bridge, Renmark, Tanunda
Sitting member: Tony Pasin (Liberal), elected 2001
Enrolment at close of rolls: 105,648
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 16.6%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. James Stacey
Nick Xenophon Team |
2. Tony Pasin
Liberal Party |
3. Yvonne Zeppel
Family First |
4. Mark Keough
Australian Greens |
5. Mat O'Brien
Australian Labor Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Barker has existed since South Australia was first divided into electorates in 1903. It has always been a rural seat occupying the south-eastern corner of South Australia, and is still one of the most heavily agricultural seats in Australia. Recent redistributions have expanded it northwards to take in the Riverland area, without changing its highly conservative political character. It has the usual rural combination of a relatively low weekly family income level and a low levels of people born in non English speaking countries and people in professional occupations.
In 115 years Barker has never elected a Labor member, coming close only in 1943, and no member for Barker has ever been defeated. Recent members have included Liberal ministers Dr Jim Forbes and Ian McLachlan, Defence Minister in the first Howard Government. Patrick Secker won the seat after McLachlan's retirement in 1998. He was a very inconspicuous backbencher, and was dumped in 2013.
Tony Pasin, Liberal MP for Barker since 2013, was a Mt Gambier barrister and member of the Mt Gambier City Council before his election. The Labor candidate is Mat O'Brien, a correctional officer at Murray Bridge.
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