Division of Barker

The Division of Barker is an Australian Electoral Division in the south-east of South Australia. it includes the towns of Barmera, Berri, Bordertown, Keith, Kingston SE, Loxton, Mannum, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Naracoorte, Penola, Renmark, Tailem Bend, Waikerie, and parts of Nuriootpa and Tanunda. It was set up in 1903, and named for Collet Barker, who explored the mouth of the Murray River in 1831.

Barker Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1903
MP	Tony Pasin
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Collet Barker
Electors	118,371 (2019)
Area	63,886 km2 (24,666.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Sir Langdon Bonython (1848–1939)	Protectionist	1903– 1906	Previously held the Division of South Australia. Retired
		John Livingston (1857–1935)	Anti-Socialist	1906– 1909	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Victoria and Albert. Lost preselection and retired
			Commonwealth Liberal	26 May 1909 – 17 February 1917
			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 1922
		Malcolm Cameron (1873–1935)	Liberal Union	1922 – 1925	Retired
			Nationalist	1925 – 7 May 1931
			United Australia	7 May 1931 – 1934
		Archie Cameron (1895–1956)	Country	1934 – 16 October 1940	Previously held the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Wooroora. Served as minister under Joseph Lyons, Earle Page and Robert Menzies. Served as Speaker during the Menzies Government. Died in office
			United Australia	16 October 1940 – 21 February 1945
			Liberal	21 February 1945 – 9 August 1956
		Dr Jim Forbes (1923–2019)	Liberal	1956 Barker by-election – 1975	Served as minister under Robert Menzies, Harold Holt, John McEwen, John Gorton and William McMahon. Retired
		James Porter (1950–)	Liberal	1975 – 1990	Retired
		Ian McLachlan (1936–)	Liberal	1990 – 1998	Served as minister under John Howard. Retired
		Patrick Secker (1956–)	Liberal	1998 – 2013	Lost preselection and retired
		Tony Pasin (1977–)	Liberal	2013 – present	Current member

Archie Cameron was leader of the Country Party and Speaker of the House in the Menzies Government. Cameron's death caused a by-election which was won by Jim Forbes, later a minister in the Menzies, Holt, Gorton and McMahon governments. Ian McLachlan, was Minister for Defence from 1996 to 1998 in the Howard Government.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Barker
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	56,330	53.24	−4.64
	Labor	Mark Braes	22,054	20.85	−0.16
	Greens	Rosa Hillam	7,841	7.41	+0.57
	One Nation	Carlos Quaremba	6,958	6.58	+6.58
	United Australia	David Swiggs	4,222	3.99	−1.93
	Independent	Maddy Fry	3,190	3.02	+3.02
	National	Jonathan Pietzsch	2,531	2.39	−0.26
	Independent	Vince Pannell	1,913	1.81	+1.81
	Australian Federation	Kym Hanton	760	0.72	+0.72
Total formal votes			105,799	93.04	−1.39
Informal votes			7,909	6.96	+1.39
Turnout			113,708	92.20	−2.33
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Tony Pasin	70,483	66.62	−2.32
	Labor	Mark Braes	35,316	33.38	+2.32
	Liberal hold		Swing	−2.32

References

• ABC profile for Barker: 2013
• AEC profile for Barker: 2013
• Poll Bludger profile for Barker: 2013 Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine