Latest News About Division Of Farrer

Here’s the latest I can share based on current publicly available summaries:

• The Division of Farrer in New South Wales is an Australian federal electoral division in the southwest of the state. It has been represented by Sussan Ley of the Liberal Party since 2001, who served as party deputy leader 2022–2025 and became party leader in 2025. She resigned in February 2026, triggering a by-election set for May 9, 2026, with the seat currently vacant. This mirrors the situation described in recent coverage about the by-election timeline and vacancy.[1][2]

• The by-election in Farrer is notable as a test of local responses to broader political divides, with community media commentators emphasizing the need for leaders who listen and engage with regional concerns.[8]

• Historical context: Farrer’s boundaries have shifted with redistributions over the years, absorbing and transferring various western NSW towns and irrigation regions, while continuing to cover key towns such as Albury, Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, Deniliquin, Hay, and Wentworth.[3][4][1]

• For electoral results history, prior results show Liberal holds with varying margins, reflecting its long-standing regional support base south-west of NSW, with occasional swings in the two-party preferred counts in different elections.[6][3]

If you’d like, I can pull the most recent by-election results (count by count, turnout, and two-party preferred) and summarize how the outcome compared to expectations and prior by-elections. I can also provide a brief map of the current division boundaries and the towns it includes. Would you like that?