Division of Reid
| Reid Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Division of Reid in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election. | |
| Created | 1922 |
| MP | Craig Laundy |
| Party | Liberal |
| Namesake | Sir George Reid |
| Electors | 105,496 (2016) |
| Area | 55 km2 (21.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Reid is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after the Right Honourable Sir George Reid, a former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 September 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 federal election.
The division is located in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Abbotsford, Breakfast Point, Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Five Dock, Flemington, Homebush, Homebush West, Liberty Grove, Mortlake, Newington, North Strathfield, Rhodes, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, Strathfield, Sydney Olympic Park, Wareemba, and Wentworth Point; and includes parts of Ashfield, Auburn, Burwood, Croydon, Drummoyne, Homebush Bay, Lidcombe, Silverwater, and Spectacle Island.
The current Member for Reid, since the 2013 federal election, is Craig Laundy, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.
History
Under initial proposals for the 2009 redistribution, the Australian Electoral Commission proposed that the division be abolished. However, in the final proposal the name "Reid" was retained for a division combining much of the now-abolished Division of Lowe, with part of the old Division of Reid.[1]
Reid was historically a safe Australian Labor Party seat, however, the 2009 redistribution reduced Labor's margin by six percent, and became far less safe for Labor. Labor won Reid at the 2010 election with just a two percent margin after suffering an eight percent swing. The seat was won for the first time by the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2013 election.[2]
Prominent members representing the division include Jack Lang, a former Premier of New South Wales; Tom Uren, a deputy leader of the Australian Labor Party and Laurie Ferguson, the son of Jack Ferguson who was a Deputy Premier of New South Wales, and the brother of Martin Ferguson, a former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.[1]
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Coleman | Labor | 1922–1931 | |
| Joe Gander | Labor (NSW) | 1931–1936 | |
| Labor | 1936–1940 | ||
| Labor (Non-Communist) | 1940–1940 | ||
| Charles Morgan | Labor | 1940–1946 | |
| Jack Lang | Lang Labor | 1946–1949 | |
| Charles Morgan | Labor | 1949–1958 | |
| Independent | 1958–1958 | ||
| Tom Uren | Labor | 1958–1990 | |
| Laurie Ferguson | Labor | 1990–2010 | |
| John Murphy | Labor | 2010–2013 | |
| Craig Laundy | Liberal | 2013–present | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Craig Laundy | 44,212 | 48.80 | −0.62 | |
| Labor | Angelo Tsirekas | 32,918 | 36.33 | −1.31 | |
| Greens | Alice Mantel | 7,673 | 8.47 | +0.75 | |
| Christian Democrats | Ju Kang | 3,713 | 4.10 | +2.49 | |
| Family First | Marylou Carter | 2,081 | 2.30 | +2.30 | |
| Total formal votes | 90,597 | 95.02 | +3.67 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,748 | 4.98 | −3.67 | ||
| Turnout | 95,345 | 90.38 | −0.83 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Craig Laundy | 49,543 | 54.69 | +1.36 | |
| Labor | Angelo Tsirekas | 41,054 | 45.31 | −1.36 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.36 | |||
References
- 1 2 Green, Antony (11 October 2013). "Electorates: Reid". Australia votes 2013. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ↑ Needham, Kirsty (8 September 2013). "Bloodbath in west just did not happen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ↑ Reid, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.
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Coordinates: 33°51′11″S 151°05′02″E / 33.853°S 151.084°E