What is Division of Hunter?
{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes |name = Hunter |image = Division of Hunter 2010.png |imagesize = 300 |caption = Division of Hunter (green) within [[New South Wales]] |party-colour = Labor |mp = [[Dan Repacholi]] |mp-party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] |state = nsw |created = 1901 |namesake = [[John Hunter]] |electors = |area = 20111 |class = Rural |safe/marginal = Safe [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] }} [[File:John Hunter - Project Gutenberg eText 12992.jpg|thumb|Captain John Hunter]] The '''Division of Hunter''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian Electoral Division]] in the [[States and territories of Australia|state]] of [[New South Wales]]. It is located in northern rural New South Wales. It covers much of the [[Hunter Valley]] region, including the towns of [[Singleton, New South Wales|Singleton]], [[Maitland, New South Wales|Maitland]], [[Muswellbrook, New South Wales|Muswellbrook]], [[Cessnock, New South Wales|Cessnock]] and [[Denman, New South Wales|Denman]]. The Division was one of the original 75 divisions created for the first Federal election in 1901. The Division was named after Captain [[John Hunter]], the second [[Governor of New South Wales]]. In 2015 the [[Australian Electoral Commission]] said that the Division of Hunter would be abolished at the next election. Because of population changes, New South Wales loses a division, and a new one will be created in Western Australia. The boundaries of many NSW divisions will have to be changed, and the area covered by Hunter will be added to nearby divisions. Under AEC rules however, names of the original 1901 divisions should be kept, so the [[Division of Charlton]] will be renamed Hunter.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/electoral-commission-to-abolish-federal-nsw-seat-of-hunter/6860172 Australian Electoral Commission to abolish Federal NSW seat of Hunter: ABC 16 October 2015]</ref><ref>[http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2015/10/16/draft-federal-redistr