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The '''Division of Canobolas''' was an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in [[New South Wales]]. The division was created in 1901, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the [[Australian federal election, 1901|first federal election]]. It was abolished in 1906, when the [[Division of Calare]] was created. It was named after [[Mount Canobolas]] (an Aboriginal word meaning "two peaks"). It was located in central western New South Wales, including the towns of [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]], [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]] and [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]]. It was held by the [[Australian Labor Party]] throughout its existence.
The '''Division of Canobolas''' was an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian electoral division]] in the [[states and territories of Australia|state]] of [[New South Wales]]. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the [[List of Australian electorates contested at every election|original 65 divisions]] to be contested at the [[1901 Australian federal election|first federal election]]. It was abolished in 1906, when the [[Division of Calare]] was created. It was named after [[Mount Canobolas]] (an Aboriginal word meaning "two peaks"). It was located in central western New South Wales, including the towns of [[Forbes, New South Wales|Forbes]], [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]] and [[Parkes, New South Wales|Parkes]]. It was held by the [[Australian Labor Party]] throughout its existence.


==Members==
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| [[Thomas Brown (New South Wales politician)|Thomas Brown]]
| [[Thomas Brown (New South Wales politician)|Thomas Brown]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labour]]
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labour]]
| [[Australian federal election, 1901|1901]]–1906
| [[1901 Australian federal election|1901]]–1906
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Revision as of 06:23, 21 April 2019

Canobolas
Australian House of Representatives Division
Created1901
Abolished1906
NamesakeMount Canobolas

The Division of Canobolas was an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 65 divisions to be contested at the first federal election. It was abolished in 1906, when the Division of Calare was created. It was named after Mount Canobolas (an Aboriginal word meaning "two peaks"). It was located in central western New South Wales, including the towns of Forbes, Orange and Parkes. It was held by the Australian Labor Party throughout its existence.

Members

Member Party Term
  Thomas Brown Labour 1901–1906

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Canobolas

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