tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post5082143719324748536..comments2024-03-28T14:16:10.498+11:00Comments on Dr Kevin Bonham: How many federal electorates have you visited?Kevin Bonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-63005557776399544312023-04-19T18:14:06.330+10:002023-04-19T18:14:06.330+10:00Heaps more. Apparently Cooper is quite popular.Heaps more. Apparently Cooper is quite popular.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-56385774592746816832023-04-19T18:09:04.556+10:002023-04-19T18:09:04.556+10:00And Adelaide.And Adelaide.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-17460179284604201242023-04-19T18:02:17.464+10:002023-04-19T18:02:17.464+10:00That's quite amazing! There are quite a few e...That's quite amazing! There are quite a few electorates that could be given names: Blair, Bruce, Clark, Dawson, Fraser, Grey, Hunter, Mitchell, Page, Ryan for example.Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-38365791650473612782019-01-23T22:53:27.083+11:002019-01-23T22:53:27.083+11:002019 Divisions:
Never been to NT, SA, WA, or TAS
...2019 Divisions:<br />Never been to NT, SA, WA, or TAS<br /><br />Visited all 3 in ACT<br /><br />QLD: Fadden, McPherson, Moncrieff, Fisher, Fairfax, Hinkler (6)<br /><br />NSW: Cowper, Parkes (2)<br /><br />VIC (HAVEN'T VISITED): Gippsland, Mallee, Wannon, La Trobe, Aston, Hotham, Kooyong, Jagajaga, Menzies (visited 29, Nicholls is my home division)<br /><br />TOTAL: 40 (not very impressive, I know)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962752408333463118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-16528446681712704142018-12-12T10:33:39.558+11:002018-12-12T10:33:39.558+11:00Wa: Tas: Never been
NT: Lingiari(But fails the <...Wa: Tas: Never been<br />NT: Lingiari(But fails the <15)<br /><br />NSW:(fails <15)<br />VIC: passing through<br /><br />SA (5/10): Adelaide, Mayo, Barker, Grey , Hindmarsh<br /><br />Qld (14/30) : Capricornia, Maranoa, Wright, Blair, Ryan, Moncrieff, Oxley, Moreton, Griffith, Bonner, Rankin, Petrie, Lilley, Wide Bay.<br /><br />I can claim 19.<br />Catproghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967819844261829312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-17643060786637484562018-04-08T11:55:15.457+10:002018-04-08T11:55:15.457+10:00Just discovered this thread. I've set foot (or...Just discovered this thread. I've set foot (or wheel) in all 150, but some would fail on the 'passing through' criterion. If one applies a criterion of having a meal or taking part in some other meaningful activity in the electorate concerned, I think that cuts out 10 (Dickson, Petrie and Rankin in Queensland; Banks, Werriwa, McMahon, Chifley and Greenway in NSW; Cowan and Brand in WA). <br /><br />As for how this comes about, it's partly because (in my capacity as a climate scientist) I'm in pursuit of a long-term goal of visiting all 112 locations used for long-term Australian temperature monitoring (currently 11 to go), and partly because my main sport of orienteering takes me to a lot of corners of the country (and corners/fringes of metropolitan areas) that wouldn't otherwise get a lot of visitors - for example, a NSW championships event last year just out the back of Appin gave me Macarthur. <br /><br />I actually think the 'least visited' electorates (by people who don't live there) would be outer-suburban commuter areas without anything much to attract tourists (or, for example, major sporting venues) - the likes of Rankin and Greenway strike me as likely candidates. Blair Trewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01149841441852181770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-52422671783202616492017-02-03T18:14:03.157+11:002017-02-03T18:14:03.157+11:00This is quite enjoyable.
I've lived in Curtin...This is quite enjoyable.<br /><br />I've lived in Curtin, Stirling (though now redistributed into Curtin), Tangney, Swan, Kalgoorlie (now in Durack) and North Sydney (spot the odd one out)<br /><br />WA: 16/16: Curtin, Cowan, Burt, Stirling, Perth, Fremantle, Moore, Tangney, Swan, Canning, Pearce, Hasluck, Brand, Forrest, Durack, O'Connor<br />Tas: 5/5: Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin, Lyons (if you travel around Tassie, you'll get them all pretty quickly).<br />NT: 1/2: Lingiari* <br />SA: 6/11: Grey, Barker, Mayo, Hindmarsh, Adelaide, Port Adelaide<br />ACT: 2/2: Fenner, Canberra<br /><br />They're the easy states to work out<br /><br />Vic: (13/37) Wannon, Gippsland, Indi, McMillan, Corio, Flinders, Ballarat, Melbourne, Melbourne Ports, Higgins, Kooyong, Jajajaga, Batman<br /><br />NSW: (21/47) Farrer, Eden Monaro, Hume, Calare, Hunter, Gilmore, Macquarie, Berowra, Lindsay, Paramatta, Bennelong, Reid, Grayndler, Cook, Kingsford-Smith, Wentworth, Sydney, North Sydney, Bradfield, Berowra, Warringah.<br /><br />Qld: (9/30) Brisbane, Griffith, Moreton*, Kennedy*, Leichhardt, Dawson, Hinkler*, Fairfax*, Wide Bay* <br /><br />(*Only just make it on the >15 criteria)<br /><br />That's 73.<br /><br />I'm reasonably sure I can count Page or Cowper, Paterson and Riverina as well, and I think the head office of a company I worked at and had to visit was in Blaxland. That would give me half. If I could include places I know I went to before I turned 15, then I can add Solomon, Parkes, Maranoa, Capricornia, Groom, Wright, Moncreiff, McPherson, Fisher, Lyne, Murray, Mallee, Conrangamite and Menzies. <br /><br />That said, many of those would be on current boundaries - who knows where they were in the 1980s?Mr Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019584790044357111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-4498688980732738812017-01-21T19:22:16.662+11:002017-01-21T19:22:16.662+11:00I get 94!
ACT: Canberra, Fenner (2)
NSW: Bradfie...I get 94!<br /><br />ACT: Canberra, Fenner (2)<br />NSW: Bradfield, Calare, Cowper, Eden-Monaro, Farrer, Gilmore, Grayndler, Hume, Hunter, Kingsford Smith, New England, Newcastle, North Sydney, Page, Parkes, Parramatta, Paterson, Reid, Richmond, Riverina, Sydney, Warringah, Wentworth, Whitlam (24)<br />NT: Lingiari, Solomon (2)<br />Qld: Brisbane, Dawson, Fadden, Griffith, Herbert, Kennedy, Leichhardt, Lilley, McPherson, Moncrieff (10)<br />SA: Adelaide, Barker, Boothby, Kingston, Makin, Mayo, Sturt, Wakefield (8)<br />Tas: Denison, Franklin, Lyons (3)<br />Vic: All (37)<br />WA: Brand, Durack, Forrest, Fremantle, Moore, O'Connor, Perth, Swan (8)<br />Truth Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05272077261033925542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-40025024720789726222017-01-18T16:21:24.786+11:002017-01-18T16:21:24.786+11:00I'm only 22 so I counted all electorates I can...I'm only 22 so I counted all electorates I can remember visiting (which means its from the age of 10). I have visited 52 electorates, and lived only in Fenner, Canberra and Bradfield:<br /><br />ACT:<br />Canberra, Fenner<br /><br />NSW:<br />Barton, Bennelong, Berowra, Blaxland, Bradfield, Calare, Cunningham, Cook, Cowper, Dobell, Eden-Monaro, Gilmore, Grayndler, Hughes, Hume, Hunter, Kingsford-Smith, Lindsay, Lyne, Macarthur, Mackellar, Macquarie, Mitchell, Newcastle, North Sydney, Page, Parramatta, Paterson, Reid, Riverina, Robertson, Shortland, Sydney, Warringah, Werriwa, Wentworth, Whitlam.<br /><br />Victoria:<br />Bendigo, Corangamite, Corio, Goldstein, McEwen, Melbourne, Melbourne Ports, Murray, JagaJaga, Wannon<br /><br />Tasmania:<br />Bass, Denison, LyonsShoallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10349613005167892972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-40616152574554713522017-01-17T15:51:21.627+11:002017-01-17T15:51:21.627+11:00I’ve lived in six electorates (marked below with a...I’ve lived in six electorates (marked below with an asterisk, 2 Tasmanian and 4 Victorian) but only ever enrolled in four of them, and like other commenters I’m not going to count the electorates I’ve merely passed through. Counting places where I’ve stayed at least an entire day and night, I get up as far as 56 current electorates – though I imagine I’ve forgotten the specifics of exactly where I stayed during a few visits to Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth. (The first dozen or so times I visited Lyons, however, it was still named Wilmot.)<br /><br />ACT (2/2)<br />NT (0/2)<br />Tas. (5/5): * lived in Denison and Lyons<br />SA (6/11): Adelaide, Barker, Hindmarsh, Makin, Mayo, Sturt<br />WA (3/16): Curtin, Fremantle, Perth<br />Qld (5/30): Griffith, Lilley, Maranoa, Petrie, Ryan<br />Vic. (25/37): Ballarat, Batman, Bendigo, Bruce*, Casey, Chisholm, Corangamite, Corio, Deakin, Dunkley, Flinders, Gellibrand*, Gippsland, Higgins, Indi, Isaacs, Jagajaga, Kooyong*, La Trobe, Mallee, McMillan, Melbourne*, Murray, Wannon, Wills<br />NSW (10/47): Bradfield, Eden-Monaro, Farrer, Grayndler, Hume, Macquarie, Parkes, Reid, Riverina, SydneyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09954420744109768845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-81658729791143211662017-01-17T13:11:42.804+11:002017-01-17T13:11:42.804+11:00I've got 65 - only three NSW seats not on my l...I've got 65 - only three NSW seats not on my list being Page, Parkes and New England. Plus 12 in Victoria, 3 in QLD, 1 each in WA and SA (literally just done conferences in Fremantle and Adelaide and I don't think I ever stayed outside those seats), the two southern Tasmanian seats and the ACT seats.Ben Rauehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512988524903100133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-73130601695246008732017-01-16T01:11:31.021+11:002017-01-16T01:11:31.021+11:00Off the top of my head (not doing the age restrict...Off the top of my head (not doing the age restriction because I'm still rather young, but I'm not counting any divisions someone drove me through or Melbourne Airport). I'm probably forgetting a couple (mainly Sydney districts), but they were so long ago they probably don't matter.<br /><br />ACT (2/2): Canberra, Fenner<br />NT (0/2)<br />NSW (38/47): Banks, Barton, Bennelong, Blaxland, Calare, Chifley, Cook, Cowper, Cunningham, Dobell, Eden-Monaro, Gilmore, Grayndler, Greenway, Hughes, Hume, Hunter, Kingsford Smith, Lindsay, Lyne, Macarthur, Mackellar, New England, Newcastle, North Sydney, Page, Parkes, Parramatta, Paterson, Reid, Richmond, Robertson, Shortland, Sydney, Warringah, Watson, Wentworth, Whitlam<br />QLD (5/30): McPherson, Fadden, Moncrieff, Maranoa, Fisher<br />SA (0/11)<br />TAS (0/5)<br />VIC (2/37): Melbourne, Melbourne Ports<br />WA (0/16)<br /><br />As you can see, my family was kinda tight wrt holidays when I was younger :P (and I haven't been on many since I moved house)Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05039566826305305530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-66328151795984542872017-01-15T21:20:55.939+11:002017-01-15T21:20:55.939+11:00My mother has stayed overnight in 83-84 electorate...My mother has stayed overnight in 83-84 electorates since age 16 and has lived in 11. Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-28768831888847027932017-01-15T21:18:42.888+11:002017-01-15T21:18:42.888+11:00There are lots of different variations possible, a...There are lots of different variations possible, and the exercise is mainly for fun rather than proving anything about understanding of the electorate. I've worked - for pay - in 13 electorates, but several of those were just 1-2 week contracts. If the limit is, say, one month minimum total paid work, then I get all five Tasmanian electorates plus Melbourne. If the limit is three months total then I get only Denison, Bass and Braddon. The non-Tasmanian electorate I've spent the most time in is actually probably Page, but I have never worked there. Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-70802975714973147872017-01-15T16:46:47.783+11:002017-01-15T16:46:47.783+11:00NSW:Sydney, Berowra, Bradfield, Banks, Blaxland, B...NSW:Sydney, Berowra, Bradfield, Banks, Blaxland, Barton, Robertson, Dobell, North Sydney, Grayndler, Lindsay, Mitchell, Gilmore, Calare, Riverina<br /><br />ACT: Canberra, Fenner<br /><br />VIC: Melbourne, Goldstein, Melbourne Ports, Hotham, Bruce, Batman<br /><br />SA: Adelaide, Boothby, Hindmarsh, Sturt, Wakefield<br /><br />TAS: Denison, Bass<br /><br />QLD: Brisbane, McPherson, Moncrieff, Lilley, Fairfax, Herbert, Leichardt<br /><br />NT: Solomon<br /><br />WA: Perth, Fremantle, Tangney<br /><br />One possible suggestion or "qualifier" I might put to youir criteria is that of taking into account where people may have worked on some sort of regular basis rather than just visited/stayed overnight. If they were working in a certain location for a period of time (even if not living there), they would most probably have a better feel for the demographics of the area than someone who just visited on a one off basis. Just a thought !the wombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11689399439927174512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-6211869865810595892017-01-13T22:43:12.811+11:002017-01-13T22:43:12.811+11:00Re Calwell - I assume you're thinking Melbourn...Re Calwell - I assume you're thinking Melbourne Airport there. In terms of people actually entering an electorate it's very likely one of the most frequented for that reason, but in the conditions set down in my post a lot of those visits would be scratched under the "just passing through" rule. I only get over my own bar for Calwell because I've stayed overnight in motels near the airport twice and walked around bits of the electorate while there. <br /><br />I at first thought Maranoa was very likely to be the least visited electorate but quite a few people from Brisbane do go to the Warwick/Stanthorpe area; I went there quite a few times as a child. Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-85492411435580756402017-01-13T22:22:36.864+11:002017-01-13T22:22:36.864+11:00The most frequented electorates would probably be ...The most frequented electorates would probably be Sydney, Wentworth, Kingsford Smith, Melbourne and Calwell.<br />The least frequented in my opinion would probably be Kennedy, Manaroa, Parkes and Grey.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12351448744030085941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-72761830365737693182017-01-13T00:45:38.547+11:002017-01-13T00:45:38.547+11:00Lived in 5.
I make it 80 I have visited, all multi...Lived in 5.<br />I make it 80 I have visited, all multiple times.<br />ACT: Canberra & Fenner<br />NT: Lingiari & Solomon<br />NSW: Cowper, Cunningham, Eden Monaro, Farrer, Gilmore, Grayndler, Hume, Macquarie, McArthur, Mudgee, New England, North Sydney, Page, Parkes, Parramatta, Reid, Richmond, Riverina, Sydney, Warringah, Wentworth & Whitlam<br />QLD: Capricornia, Dawson, Fairfax, Fisher, Flynn, Hinkler, Kennedy, Leichardt, Maranoa, McPherson, Moncrieff & Wide Bay<br />SA: Adelaide, Barker, Boothby, Grey, Hindmarsh, Kingston, Makin, Mayo, Port Adelaide, Sturt & Wakefield<br />VIC: Aston, Ballarat, Bendigo, Chisholm, Corangamite, Corio, Gippsland, Higgins, Indi, La Trobe, Mallee, McMillan, Melbourne Ports, Melbourne, Murray & Wannon<br />WA:Brand, Canning, Cowan, Curtin, Durack, Forrest, Fremantle, Hasluck, O’Connor, Pearce, Perth, Stirling, Swan & Tangney, <br />Never been to Tasmania, but have passed through most of the rest of the mainland electorates.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711018138780828022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-20275328596668901862017-01-12T22:19:19.381+11:002017-01-12T22:19:19.381+11:00I've lived in 4 in my whole life, though I don...I've lived in 4 in my whole life, though I don't know what one of them was (somewhere on the south side of Brisbane). The number of others I've stayed overnight in is about 24 since age 15 and probably another dozen or so before that. Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-56577416799772567372017-01-12T21:51:10.574+11:002017-01-12T21:51:10.574+11:00Lived in (6): Aston, Deakin, Wills, Batman, Fraser...Lived in (6): Aston, Deakin, Wills, Batman, Fraser/Fenner, North Sydney.<br /><br />Spent Nights In (30): Wannon, Corangamite, Mallee, Murray, Bendigo, Indi, McMillan, Gippsland, Flinders, Goldstein, Higgins, Hotham, Casey, McEwen, Farrer, Riverina, Eden-Monaro, Macquarie, Reid, Banks, Sydney, Wentworth, Grayndler, Cowper, Parkes, Canberra, Adelaide, Boothby, Port Adelaide, Moncrieff.<br /><br />"Passed through": Every Vic and NSW electorate, Barker, Mayo, Sturt, Hindmarsh, Kingston, McPherson, Fadden, Forde, Rankin, Oxley, Blair, Wright, Groom, Maranoa. Mark Mulcairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483740999986680525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-1138087414036243202017-01-12T19:39:03.070+11:002017-01-12T19:39:03.070+11:00Using a fairly restrictive definition of where I’v...Using a fairly restrictive definition of where I’ve been, I don’t believe I’ve had the pleasure of Makin, Mallee, Murray, Bendigo, McEwen, Scullin, Holt, McMillan, Gippsland, Gilmore, Whitlam, Cunningham, Banks, Cook, Barton, Watson, Blaxland, McMahon, Fowler, Werriwa, Chifley, Greenway, Mitchell, Bennelong, Berowra, Bradfield, Mackellar, Calare, Riverina, Farrer, Parkes, New England, Shortland, Hunter, Paterson, Wright, Forde, Rankin, Bonner, Moreton, Oxley, Blair, Groom, Flynn, Maranoa, Capricornia, Dawson, Herbert, Kennedy, Leichhardt, Solomon, Lingiari and Braddon.<br /><br />So I make that 97 that I have been to. There have been times where I've made conscious efforts to add to the list, so it stands to reason I'd do pretty well.pollbludgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06043743794641046018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-91422053512524983242017-01-12T18:09:14.046+11:002017-01-12T18:09:14.046+11:00Quite a few scores have been posted on PollBludger...Quite a few scores have been posted on PollBludger around https://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2017/01/09/bludgertrack-state-breakdowns-december-2016/comment-page-44 and the pages before and after. The highest claim so far is 127 but it's under investigation by the stewards. :)Kevin Bonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845545257440242894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-52847168865627006472017-01-12T16:34:04.021+11:002017-01-12T16:34:04.021+11:00I can just pip you at 60, but working all around S...I can just pip you at 60, but working all around Sydney gives me a huge advantage to start with. Of the NSW electorates, I only miss Page, Shortland and Farrar and only because I only passed through rather than going for a purpose.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09683501970994717918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4052593945054595675.post-13753649753522525742017-01-12T16:16:02.044+11:002017-01-12T16:16:02.044+11:00This is an interesting challenge. I set my own mi...This is an interesting challenge. I set my own minimum age at 18, meaning I only have a decade from which to pick but feel that between training and postings during my military service and later working for nationally based organisations I've managed to do better than many would in a similar time frame.<br /><br />NT: 0/2<br />ACT: 2/2<br />TAS: 5/5<br />SA: 4/11 (Adelaide, Port Adelaide, Hindmarsh, Barker)<br />WA: 6/16 (Perth, Curtin, Swan, Fremantle, Pearce, Durack)<br />QLD: 7/30 (Wright, McPherson, Brisbane, Griffith, Moreton, Lilley, Bonner)<br />VIC: 21/37 (Wannon, Mallee, McEwen, Ballarat, Corangamite, Corio, Gorton, Casey, Melbourne, Batman, Wills, Melbourne Ports, Higgins, Bruce, Hotham, Chisholm, Gellibrand, Calwell, Isaacs, Jagajaga, Kooyong)<br />NSW: 14/47 (Richmond, Page, Riverina, Farrer, Chifley, Greenway, Parramatta, Warringah, Kingsford-Smith, Sydney, Grayndler, Barton, Reid, Macarthur)<br />Total nationally: 59/150. Not bad, but not as good as I'd hoped. My lack of time spent in NSW really lets me down.simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824734942737781702noreply@blogger.com