Division of Macquarie
| Macquarie Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Macquarie (green) within New South Wales | |
| Created | 1901 |
| MP | Susan Templeman |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Lachlan Macquarie |
| Electors | 97,536 (2010) |
| Area | 4,374 km2 (1,688.8 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Provincial |
The Division of Macquarie is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It was one of the original 75 divisions set up for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for Lachlan Macquarie, who was Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821. Its best known member is Ben Chifley (ALP), who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1945 to 1949.
It covers a large area west of Sydney, including the Blue Mountains, and the Hawkesbury region on Sydney's western edge. At different times it has included the city of Bathurst.
Members
[change | change source]| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Smith | Free Trade | 1901–1906 | |
| Ernest Carr | Labor | 1906–1916 | |
| National Labor | 1916–1917 | ||
| Nationalist | 1917–1917 | ||
| Samuel Nicholls | Labor | 1917–1922 | |
| Arthur Manning | Nationalist | 1922–1928 | |
| Ben Chifley | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| John Lawson | United Australia | 1931–1940 | |
| Ben Chifley | Labor | 1940–1951 | |
| Tony Luchetti | Labor | 1951–1975 | |
| Reg Gillard | Liberal | 1975–1980 | |
| Ross Free | Labor | 1980–1984 | |
| Alasdair Webster | Liberal | 1984–1993 | |
| Maggie Deahm | Labor | 1993–1996 | |
| Kerry Bartlett | Liberal | 1996–2007 | |
| Bob Debus | Labor | 2007–2010 | |
| Louise Markus | Liberal | 2010–present | |
Election results
[change | change source]| 2022 Australian federal election: Macquarie[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Susan Templeman | 41,025 | 42.98 | +4.71 | |
| Liberal | Sarah Richards | 32,980 | 34.55 | −10.30 | |
| Greens | Tony Hickey | 9,115 | 9.55 | +0.40 | |
| One Nation | Tony Pettitt | 4,955 | 5.19 | +5.19 | |
| United Australia | Nicole Evans | 2,774 | 2.91 | −1.09 | |
| Animal Justice | Greg Keightley | 2,013 | 2.11 | −1.61 | |
| Informed Medical Options | Michelle Palmer | 1,318 | 1.38 | +1.38 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Jackson | 1,272 | 1.33 | +1.33 | |
| Total formal votes | 95,452 | 94.93 | −0.79 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,095 | 5.07 | +0.79 | ||
| Turnout | 100,547 | 93.05 | −0.77 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Susan Templeman | 55,143 | 57.77 | +7.58 | |
| Liberal | Sarah Richards | 40,309 | 42.23 | −7.58 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +7.58 | |||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Macquarie, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Division of Macquarie - Australian Electoral Commission
- Louise Markus's website Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
| Preceded by Capricornia |
Division represented by the Prime Minister 1945–1949 Ben Chifley |
Succeeded by Kooyong |