Division of Mackellar
| Mackellar Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Mackellar (green) in the Sydney metropolitan area
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| Created | 1949 |
| MP | Bronwyn Bishop |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Sir Charles Mackellar Dorothea Mackellar |
| Electors | 102,842 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 233 km2 (90.0 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Mackellar is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after Sir Charles Mackellar, a social reformer and surgeon who served in the Senate from October to November 1903, and his daughter Dorothea Mackellar, a 20th-century Australian poet. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election.
The division is located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, adjacent to the Tasman Sea, south of Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury River. The division includes the suburbs of Narrabeen, Beacon Hill, Newport, Palm Beach and Terrey Hills.
The current Member for Mackellar, since the 1994 Mackellar by-election, is Bronwyn Bishop, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia and the current Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.
History[edit]
The division is a safe Liberal seat. It was first held by Bill Wentworth, the first Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and the great-grandson of politician and explorer William Wentworth, one of the first three Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains.
Members[edit]
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Bill Wentworth | Liberal | 1949–1977 | |
| Independent | 1977–1977 | ||
| Jim Carlton | Liberal | 1977–1994 | |
| Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | 1994–present | |
Election results[edit]
| Australian federal election, 2013: Mackellar[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 56,521 | 62.43 | +0.31 | |
| Labor | Chris Hedge | 15,606 | 17.24 | −3.86 | |
| Greens | Jonathan King | 12,843 | 14.19 | −2.58 | |
| Palmer United | Debra Drummond | 3,771 | 4.17 | +4.17 | |
| Christian Democrats | Silvana Nero | 1,791 | 1.98 | +1.98 | |
| Total formal votes | 90,532 | 94.25 | −0.55 | ||
| Informal votes | 5,525 | 5.75 | +0.55 | ||
| Turnout | 96,057 | 93.40 | +0.14 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 62,322 | 68.84 | +3.12 | |
| Labor | Chris Hedge | 28,210 | 31.16 | −3.12 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.12 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "NSW Division - Mackellar, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 33°40′08″S 151°15′11″E / 33.669°S 151.253°E
