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BARKER
Federal House of Representatives
The information on this page was obtained from Australian Electoral Commission publications and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at February 2008.
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| Current Member
| Patrick SECKER |
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| Current Party
| Liberal Party |
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| Description
| Rural |
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| Location
| Barker covers an area from Morgan in the North to Port MacDonnell in the South. The eastern boundary is the South Australian border. It includes the Upper and Lower South East, the Mallee, the Riverland, the Murrayland and most of the Barossa Valley. The main suburbs in the Barker division include Barmera, Berri, Bordertown, Keith, Kingston SE, Loxton, Mannum, Millicent, Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Naracoorte, Nuriootpa, Penola, Renmark, Tanunda, Tailem Bend, and Waikerie. |
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| Origin
| Named after Captain Collet Barker(1784-1831), an explorer who was sent to solve the 'mystery' of the mouth of the River Murray. Barker was first proclaimed in 1903. |
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| Products/Industries
| Beef and dairy cattle, sheep, fishing, cropping, forestry, timber, paper products, wine, fresh and dried fruit, vegetables, transport and tourism. |
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| State
| SA |
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| Area
| 64,015 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 145,404 as at 2006 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 102,799 as at 30/11/07 |
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