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Federal division, outer-metropolitan

# Mitchell

In New South Wales.

## Sitting member

- [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alex_Hawke_2016.jpg?width=96)**Alex Hawke** Liberal, Mitchell ](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-hawke)

About

## About Mitchell

Mitchell is a federal electoral division in the Hills district of north-western Sydney, New South Wales. It is held by Alex Hawke of the Liberal Party of Australia, who has represented the seat since the 2007 federal election. The Facebook and Instagram ads for Alex Hawke focus on topics recorded in the ad data.

Named after

Major Thomas Mitchell, surveyor and explorer

Created

Proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949

First contested

1949 federal election

Classification

Outer-metropolitan

Sitting member

Alex Hawke, Liberal Party of Australia

Held by the same party since

1974, apart from one Labor term in 1972

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

## Other divisions in New South Wales

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- [Bennelong](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bennelong)
- [Berowra](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/berowra)
- [Blaxland](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/blaxland)
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- [Calare](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/calare)
- [Chifley](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/chifley)
- [Cook](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cook)
- [Cowper](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cowper)
- [Cunningham](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/cunningham)
- [Dobell](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/dobell)
- [Eden-Monaro](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/eden-monaro)
- [Farrer](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/farrer)
- [Fowler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/fowler)
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- [Grayndler](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/grayndler)
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- [Hughes](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hughes)
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- [Hunter](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/hunter)
- [Kingsford Smith](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/kingsford-smith)
- [Lindsay](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lindsay)
- [Lyne](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyne)

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