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Federal division, rural

# Hunter

In New South Wales.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Repacholi_Milbrodale_Matters.jpg?width=96)**Dan Repacholi** Labor, Hunter ](https://politics.computer/mp/dan-repacholi)

About

## About Hunter

Hunter is a rural House of Representatives seat in New South Wales, centred on the Hunter Valley and including Singleton, Muswellbrook and Cessnock. It is held by Dan Repacholi of the Australian Labor Party, the member since the 2022 federal election. The seat was proclaimed in 1900 and has been in Labor hands since 1910.

Created

Proclaimed in 1900

Named after

Captain John Hunter, second Governor of New South Wales

Member since

2022 federal election

Held by the same party since

Labor since 1910

Classification

Rural

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

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