Division of Whitlam

Whitlam Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Whitlam in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	2016
MP	Stephen Jones
Party	Australian Labor Party
Namesake	Gough Whitlam
Electors	112,143 (2016)
Area	1,331 km^2 (513.9 sq mi)
Demographic	Provincial

The Division of Whitlam is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division, previously named Throsby, was renamed in honour of Gough Whitlam, the Prime Minister of Australia from 1972-75, in a February 2016 electoral distribution.^[1] It came into effect from 2 July 2016, the date of the Australian federal election, 2016.

ABC election analyst Antony Green estimated that boundary changes to Throsby would reduce the Australian Labor Party's notional two-party-preferred margin from 7.8 to 6.9 percentage points.^[2]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Stephen Jones	Labor	2016–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2016: Whitlam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Stephen Jones	51,939	52.76	+8.36
	Liberal	Marcus Hewitt	25,870	26.28	−3.36
	Greens	Tom Hunt	8,162	8.29	+2.50
	National	Jan Mandelson	6,341	6.44	−2.43
	Christian Democrats	Susan Pinsuti	4,048	4.11	+1.55
	Non-Custodial Parents	Wayne Hartman	2,081	2.11	+1.66
Total formal votes			98,441	94.59	+2.60
Informal votes			5,628	5.41	−2.60
Turnout			104,069	92.80	−0.18
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Stephen Jones	62,730	63.72	+6.81
	Liberal	Marcus Hewitt	35,711	36.28	−6.81
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.81

References

1. "Federal seat of Throsby to become Whitlam". ABC News. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. Green, Antony. "2015-16 New South Wales Federal Redistribution". ABC News. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
3. Whitlam, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

• AEC: Profile of the electoral division of Whitlam (NSW)