Whetstone 惠顿 Huìdùn ホイートストン Hoītosuton Craftian House of Representatives Division | |||
Division Details | |||
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Created | 1957 | ||
MP | Wilfrid Foré | ||
Party | United | ||
Namesake | Angela Whetstone | ||
Electors | 105,856 (2070) | ||
Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
The Division of Whetstone (/ˈwɛtstən/ wet-stən) is a Craftian federal division in the state of Berhardsson. It was created in 1956 and was first contested at the 1957 general election. It was abolished in 1986 and recreated in 2022, covering a similar area to its original incarnation. It is the first division named after a woman, with its namesake being poet and suffragette Angela Whetstone (1867–1946). Originally, the division was a provincial electorate to the east of Grumbroe. However, due to population growth, it has shifted significantly towards the Grumbroe-Stromville metropolitan area and now takes in the outermost suburbs of the two cities.
The sitting member, since the 2058 federal election, is Wilfrid Foré, a member of the National United Party.
History[]
In both of its incarnations, Whetstone has remained a fairly safe seat for the left-leaning National Labour Party and the National United Party. It has been held by a centre-right party for just 7 of its 81 years of existence. This pattern has continued even as the seat shifted away from its roots in the rural Venturas Peninsula to suburban Grumbroe. The NUP has held the seat without interruption since 2031.
Members[]
# | Member | Party | Term | |
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First incarnation (1957–1986) | ||||
1 | Peter Peters | Labour | 1957–1972 | |
2 | Lawrence Witt | National | 1972–1976 | |
3 | Jeremy McCrady | Labour | 1976–1980 | |
Liberty | 1980–1986 | |||
Second incarnation (2022–present) | ||||
4 | Roselyn Kimbrott | United | 2022–2028 | |
5 | Ivan Yon Eno | Conservative | 2028–2031 | |
6 | Brad Hudak | United | 2031–2037 | |
7 | Shizuko Nakano | United | 2037–2058 | |
8 | Wilfrid Foré | United | 2058– |
Election results[]
Craftian federal election, 2070: Whetstone | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
United | Wilfrid Foré | 34,171 | 35.05 | +2.03 | |
Conservative | Natalie Wilde | 24,539 | 25.17 | –6.16 | |
Liberal | Carol Palin | 18,026 | 18.49 | +2.52 | |
Greens | Joel Kitts | 10,588 | 10.86 | –1.47 | |
Reform | Michael Wu | 4,124 | 4.23 | +0.89 | |
Independent | Simone Takahashi | 3,578 | 3.67 | +3.67 | |
Mojang | Teika Ridley | 1,482 | 1.52 | +0.48 | |
Progressive | Donovan Nguyen | 985 | 1.01 | +1.01 | |
Total formal votes | 97,493 | 95.44 | +2.31 | ||
Informal votes | 4,662 | 4.56 | –2.31 | ||
Turnout | 102,155 | 96.50 | –1.62 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United | Wilfrid Foré | 56,224 | 57.67 | +2.21 | |
Conservative | Natalie Wilde | 41,269 | 42.33 | –2.21 | |
United hold | Swing | +2.21 |
Electoral divisions of the Craftian House of Representatives in Berhardsson |
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Kantella · Los Santos · McArthur · Pierce · Redflint · San Fierro · Tierra Robada · Tinyadanka · Tojima · Whetstone · Whitlam |