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Quick facts for kids Robertson Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Robertson (green) in New South Wales
Created	1901
MP	Lucy Wicks
Party	Liberal
Namesake	John Robertson
Electors	100,820 (2013)
Area	978 km² (377.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

Sir John Robertson

The Division of Robertson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It was one of the 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It was named after Sir John Robertson, the fifth Premier of New South Wales.

The division is located on the coast north of the Hawkesbury River. It includes the towns of Woy Woy, Gosford and Terrigal.

Members

	Party	Term
Henry Willis	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1901–1909
Henry Willis	Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1910
William Johnson	Labor	1910–1913
William Fleming	Commonwealth Liberal	1913–1917
	Nationalist	1917–1921
	Country	1921–1922
Sydney Gardner	Nationalist	1922–1931
Sydney Gardner	United Australia	1931–1940
Eric Spooner	United Australia	1940–1943
Thomas Williams	Labor	1943–1949
Roger Dean	Liberal	1949–1964
William Bridges-Maxwell	Liberal	1964–1969
Barry Cohen	Labor	1969–1990
Frank Walker	Labor	1990–1996
Jim Lloyd	Liberal	1996–2007
Belinda Neal	Labor	2007–2010
Deborah O'Neill	Labor	2010–2013
Lucy Wicks	Liberal	2013–present

Roger Dean resigned in 1964 to become the Administrator of the Northern Territory. Barry Cohen was the Minister for Home Affairs and the Environment from 1983 to 1984 and then Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Environment until 1987 in the Hawke government.

Election results

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