Division of Chifley

Chifley Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Chifley (green) in New South Wales
Created	1969
MP	Ed Husic
Party	Labor
Namesake	Ben Chifley
Electors	102,385 (2013)^[1]
Area	135 km² (52.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

Four of the candidates who stood for election for the Division of Chifley at the 2007 Federal election address electors at a public meeting in Shalvey on 11 November 2007. 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 the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49.

The division is located in the western suburbs of Sydney. On its original boundaries it was based on Blacktown, but now includes the suburbs of Minchinbury, Mount Druitt and Rooty Hill.

The Member for Chifley, since the 2010 federal election, is Ed Husic, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Chifley has been won by the Labor Party at every federal election since its creation in 1969, and at the 2007 federal election was one of Labor's safest seats.^[2]

Members

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

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Chifley

Australian federal election, 2013: Chifley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ed Husic	43,044	52.30	+0.72
	Liberal	Isabelle White	26,479	32.17	+1.85
	Palmer United	Christopher Buttel	3,361	4.08	+4.08
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	2,862	3.48	−1.58
	Greens	Ben Hammond	2,198	2.67	−5.76
	Independent	Ammar Khan	1,749	2.13	+2.13
	One Nation	Elizabeth Power	1,402	1.70	−0.27
	Democratic Labour	Michael Wright	810	0.98	+0.98
	Australia First	Alex Norwick	396	0.48	−0.69
Total formal votes			82,301	86.64	−2.20
Informal votes			12,690	13.36	+2.20
Turnout			94,991	92.78	+0.09
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ed Husic	49,831	60.55	−1.79
	Liberal	Isabelle White	32,470	39.45	+1.79
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.79

References

1 2 "Chifley, NSW". Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
↑ "House of Representatives: Two party preferred by division". Election 2007. Australian Electoral Commission. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

External links

Division of Chifley - Australian Electoral Commission

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

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Coordinates: 33°44′06″S 150°50′17″E / 33.735°S 150.838°E / -33.735; 150.838

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