The Division of Riverina is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in south-west rural New South Wales, generally following the Murrumbidgee River valley. It includes the cities of Wagga Wagga and Griffith as well as the towns of Junee, West Wyalong, Tumut, Gundagai, Hay and Leeton. The Sturt Highway runs along the length of the Division.
The Division was proclaimed in 1900, and was one of the original 75 divisions to be contested at the first Federal election. The Division was named after the Riverina region in which it is located. In the 1984 redistribution, the Division was abolished and replaced by Riverina-Darling, but in the 1992 redistribution it was re-created. The Division covers a primarily agricultural area.
The seat is currently a safe Nationals seat, but was a much more marginal seat when it included the Labor-voting mining towns of Broken Hill and Cobar which have now been transferred to Farrer and Parkes. The seat has previously been held by Al Grassby, Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government.
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