What is Division of Lyne?
{{Infobox Australian Electorate | federal = yes | name = Lyne | image = Division of LYNE 2016.png | imagesize = 300 | caption = Division of Lyne (green) within [[New South Wales]] | created = 1949 | mp = [[David Gillespie (politician)|David Gillespie]] | mp-party = [[National Party of Australia|National]] | namesake = [[William Lyne|Sir William Lyne]] | electors = 97127 | electors_year= [[Australian federal election, 2013|2013]] | electors_footnotes= <ref name=vtr-lyne2013>{{cite web |url=http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-130.htm |title=NSW Division - Lyne, NSW |work=Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013 |publisher=[[Australian Electoral Commission]] |date=26 September 2013<!-- 03:23:28 PM--> |accessdate=6 November 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102105225/http://vtr.aec.gov.au/HouseDivisionFirstPrefs-17496-130.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> | area = 11991 | class = Rural }} [[File:Williamlyne.jpg|thumb|William Lyne]] The '''Division of Lyne''' 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 was set up in 1949, and named for Sir [[William Lyne]], [[Premier of New South Wales]] at the time of [[Federation of Australia|Federation]] and a minister in early Australian governments.<ref name=profile/> Lyne was asked by the first [[Governor-General of Australia|Governor-General]], [[John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow|Lord Hopetoun]] to form the first Federal Government. Lyne did not have the support of other politicians, and so [[Edmund Barton]] became the first [[Prime Minister of Australia]]. The division is on the [[Mid North Coast, New South Wales|Mid North Coast]] of New South Wales. It includes [[Taree, New South Wales|Taree]], [[Wauchope, New South Wales|Wauchope]], [[Laurieton, New South Wales|Laurieton]], [[Wingham, New South Wales|Wingham]], [[Gloucester, New South Wales|Gloucester]] and p