Division of Lindsay
| Lindsay Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Lindsay (green) in New South Wales | |
| Created | 1984 |
| MP | Melissa McIntosh |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Norman Lindsay |
| Electors | 101,241 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 339 km2 (130.9 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Lindsay is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was set up in 1984 and is named after Sir Norman Lindsay, the Australian artist, writer and sculptor.[2]
The division is in the outer western suburbs of Sydney, and includes Cambridge Park, Cambridge Gardens, Castlereagh, Claremont Meadows, Cranebrook, Emu Plains, Glenmore Park, Jamisontown, Kingswood, Leonay, Llandilo, North St Marys, Oxley Park, Penrith, Regentville, St Marys, South Penrith, Werrington, Werrington County, Werrington Downs and parts of Agnes Banks, Luddenham and Wallacia.[2]
History
[change | change source]Since it was set up in 1984, its winning member of parliament has been from the party winning government.
Jackie Kelly won the seat during the 1996 election. Her win was challenged in the Court of Disputed Returns because she was still a citizen of New Zealand, and she worked as a legal officer for the Royal Australian Air Force. The Australian Constitution (Section 44) does not allow people who are citizens of another country, or people who are employed by the government to be members of Parliament. A by-election was held, and Kelly who had given up her New Zealand citizenship, and resigned from her airforce job was elected again.
In 2007 Kelly was again in trouble. Three days before the election her supporters, including her husband, were caught in Lindsay putting fake letters in peoples' letterboxes. These letters linked the Labor Party to Islamic terrorism.
Members
[change | change source]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Free | Labor | 1984–1996 | |
| Jackie Kelly | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| David Bradbury | Labor | 2007–2013 | |
| Fiona Scott | Liberal | 2013–present | |
David Bradbury had served as the Mayor of Penrith. Every member of Lindsay to date, except Scott, has served as a minister.
Election results
[change | change source]| 2022 Australian federal election: Lindsay[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Melissa McIntosh | 48,939 | 46.73 | +0.28 | |
| Labor | Trevor Ross | 33,206 | 31.71 | −3.90 | |
| Greens | Pieter Morssink | 8,404 | 8.02 | +3.11 | |
| One Nation | Max Jago | 6,203 | 5.92 | +5.92 | |
| United Australia | Joseph O'Connor | 4,272 | 4.08 | +1.17 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Rebekah Ray | 2,075 | 1.98 | +1.98 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gareth McClure | 1,627 | 1.55 | +1.55 | |
| Total formal votes | 104,726 | 93.11 | +4.19 | ||
| Informal votes | 7,754 | 6.89 | −4.19 | ||
| Turnout | 112,480 | 90.23 | −2.02 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Melissa McIntosh | 59,003 | 56.34 | +1.30 | |
| Labor | Trevor Ross | 45,723 | 43.66 | −1.30 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.30 | |||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "NSW Division – Lindsay, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 30 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Lindsay (NSW) -". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ↑ Lindsay, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.