What is Division of Paterson?
{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes | name = Paterson | image = Division of PATERSON 2016.png | imagesize = 300 | caption = Division of Paterson (green) within [[New South Wales]] | lifespan = 1949&ndash;1984, 1992&ndash;present | mp = [[Meryl Swanson]] | mp-party = [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] | namesake = [[Banjo Paterson]] | electors = 97107 | electors_year = 2013 | electors_footnotes = <ref name=vtr-paterson2013>{{cite web |url=http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-249.htm |title=NSW Division – Paterson, NSW |work=Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013 |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=24 September 2013<!-- 04:46:47 PM --> |accessdate=6 November 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102105454/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-249.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area = 6652 | class = Provincial }} [[File:Banjo Patterson.jpg|thumb|left|Banjo Paterson]] The '''Division of Paterson''' 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 just north of [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]], on the coast of the [[Tasman Sea]]. It includes the towns of [[Anna Bay, New South Wales|Anna Bay]], [[Bulahdelah, New South Wales|Bulahdelah]]. [[Clarence Town, New South Wales|Clarence Town]], [[Dungog, New South Wales|Dungog]], [[Forster, New South Wales|Forster]], [[Hawks Nest, New South Wales|Hawks Nest]], [[Lemon Tree Passage, New South Wales|Lemon Tree Passage]], [[Medowie, New South Wales|Medowie]], [[Morpeth, New South Wales|Morpeth]], [[Nelson Bay, New South Wales|Nelson Bay]], [[Paterson, New South Wales|Paterson]], [[Raymond Terrace, New South Wales|Raymond Terrace]], [[Stroud, New South Wales|Stroud]], [[Tuncurry, New South Wales|Tuncurry]] and parts of [[Nabiac, New South Wales|Nabiac]], [[Thornton, New Sout