Division of Lake Sydney

Lake Sydney 悉尼湖 Xīní Hú シドニー湖 Shidonī-ko Craftian House of Representatives Division
Division Details
Created	1948
MP	Les Holmes
Party	United
Namesake	Lake Sydney
Electors	106,035 (2070)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Lake Sydney is a Craftian federal division in the state of Addams. It was created in 1948 and first contested at the general election later that year. The division is named after and sits on the northern shore of Lake Sydney. It is unusual in that it is designated as a provincial seat despite its geographical isolation from major cities, and is largely due to its peri-urban character.

The sitting member, since the 2064 federal election, is Les Holmes, a member of the National United Party.

History

The shore of Lake Sydney has consistently been one of the United Party's safest non-metropolitan strongholds, with the party having held the Division of Lake Sydney continuously since 2007. This is mostly due to its semi-urbanised nature and demographic consisting of former residents of Troll City and Bonestan who move to the northern shore of the lake.

At its creation, the seat covered the entire northern shore of Lake Sydney across from Addams' border with Meyang to the border with Jebsten, and stretched as far north as the city of Holbrook. Over the century of its existence and the creation of the Division of Chifley, it has shrunk to original half its length from north to south and only the central portion of the lake's shoreline. Nonetheless, its voting patterns have largely remained the same, with the seat being a very safe United seat.

Members

#	Member		Party	Term
1		Chester Mumford	Labour	1948–1951
2		Frank Braddock	National	1951–1966
3		Joe De Araujo	Labour	1966–1969
			Ind. Craftia	1969–1987
4		Tyler Polston	Liberty	1987–2004
5		Jeanett Yeldell	Conservative	2004–2007
6		Nick Shufelt	United	2007–2031
7		Heidi Marinaro	United	2031–2051
8		Jake Liao	United	2051–2064
9		Les Holmes	United	2064–

Election results

Craftian federal election, 2070: Lake Sydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Les Holmes	54,512	55.28	–4.16
	Conservative	Tennys Albarn	26,014	26.38	+2.32
	Liberal	Kazuko Nagata	12,277	12.45	+1.30
	Reform	Chad Batey	2,357	2.39	–2.59
	Republican	Lindy Chan	1,627	1.65	+1.65
	Greens	Roger Jilek	1,519	1.54	+0.92
	Mojang	Ben Park	306	0.31	–2.18
Total formal votes			98,611	98.79	+1.72
Informal votes			1,206	1.21	–1.72
Turnout			99,817	94.14	+1.43
Two-party-preferred result
	United	Les Holmes	65,862	66.79	–2.07
	Conservative	Tennys Albarn	32,749	33.21	+2.07
	United hold		Swing	–2.07