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Federal division, rural

# Barker

In South Australia.

## Sitting member

- [ **Tony Pasin** Liberal, Barker ](https://politics.computer/mp/tony-pasin)

About

## About Barker

Barker is a rural federal electoral division in the south-east of South Australia, currently held by Tony Pasin of the Liberal Party of Australia. It covers towns from Morgan to Port MacDonnell, including Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge and the Riverland.

Established

2 October 1903

Named after

Captain Collet Barker, British military officer and early explorer

Area

65,206 km²

Classification

Rural

Never held by

Australian Labor Party

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FBarker), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Barker whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Barker yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Barker are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in South Australia

- [Adelaide](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/adelaide)
- [Boothby](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/boothby)
- [Grey](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grey)
- [Hindmarsh](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hindmarsh)
- [Kingston](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingston)
- [Makin](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/makin)
- [Mayo](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/mayo)
- [Spence](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/spence)
- [Sturt](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/sturt)

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