Division of Chifley

The Division of Chifley is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of A…

Division of Chifley
Chifley
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Chifley (green) in New South Wales
Created1969
MPEd Husic
PartyLabor
NamesakeBen Chifley
Electors97,605 (2010)
Area135 km2 (52.1 sq mi)
DemographicOuter Metropolitan
Ben Chifley
Four of the candidates for the Division of Chifley at the 2007 election. They are (seated at rear) Roger Price (ALP), Dave Vincent (CDP), James Cogan (Socialist) and (standing) John Forrester (Greens)

The Division of Chifley is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. It was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49.[1] It covers some of the outer western suburbs of Sydney including Arndell Park, Bidwill, Blackett, Colebee, Dean Park, Dharruk, Doonside, Emerton, Glendenning, Hassall Grove, Hebersham, Huntingwood, Lethbridge Park, Marayong, Minchinbury, Mount Druitt, Oakhurst, Plumpton, Rooty Hill, Ropes Crossing, Shalvey, Shanes Park, Tregear, Whalan, Willmot, Woodcroft and parts of Eastern Creek, Blacktown, Quakers Hill, Schofields and Riverstone.[1]

Members

Member Party Term
  John Armitage Labor 1969–1983
  Russ Gorman Labor 1983–1984
  Roger Price Labor 1984–2010
  Ed Husic Labor 2010–present

Ed Husic was the first Muslim elected to the Australian Parliament.[2]

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Chifley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ed Husic 51,236 52.72 −1.58
Liberal Jugandeep Singh 24,046 24.74 −3.18
One Nation Amit Batish 6,034 6.21 +6.21
Greens Sujan Selventhiran 5,622 5.78 +0.72
United Australia Zvetanka Raskov 5,149 5.30 +0.76
Liberal Democrats Ben Roughley 3,263 3.36 +3.36
Independent Ammar Khan 1,839 1.89 +0.15
Total formal votes 97,189 91.12 +0.78
Informal votes 9,471 8.88 −0.78
Turnout 106,660 87.95 −2.01
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Husic 61,682 63.47 +1.10
Liberal Jugandeep Singh 35,507 36.53 −1.10
Labor hold Swing +1.10

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Profile of the electoral division of Chifley (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Lauren (28 September 2010). "New MP is first in Australia to be sworn in with Koran". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) [permanent dead link]
  3. ↑ Chifley, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

Other websites

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