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Whetstone
惠顿
Huìdùn
ホイートストン
Hoītosuton
Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details
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
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
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


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