Division of Lowe

Lowe Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lowe (green) in New South Wales prior to abolition
Created	1949
Abolished	2010
Namesake	Robert Lowe
Electors	87,153
Area	39 km² (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Lowe was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, on the south shore of the Parramatta River. It included the suburbs of Drummoyne, Five Dock, Croydon, Croydon Park, Burwood, Enfield, Homebush, Strathfield, Concord, Rhodes, Canada Bay, Cabarita, Abbotsford and Mortlake.

The Division was named after the Rt Hon Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election. It was first held by Sir William McMahon, who retained the seat for over 32 years, until 1982. He was Prime Minister 1971-72.

Following the 2009 redistribution of NSW, the seat of Lowe was abolished for the 2010 Australian federal election, with the bulk of its territory transferring to nearby Reid.^[1]^[2]

Members

	Party	Term
(Sir) William McMahon	Liberal	1949–1982
Michael Maher	Labor	1982–1987
Bob Woods	Liberal	1987–1993
Mary Easson	Labor	1993–1996
Paul Zammit	Liberal	1996–1998
Paul Zammit	Independent	1998–1998
John Murphy	Labor	1998–2010

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lowe

References

↑ Grattan, Michelle (22 November 2009). "Buckle up for an elections roller-coaster ride". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ http://blogs.abc.net.au/antonygreen/2009/10/federal-redistribution-final-boundaries-for-new-south-wales.html#more

External links

"Division of Lowe" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 184 kB)

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

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Charlton Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Throsby Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

Coordinates: 33°30′S 151°00′E / 33.500°S 151.000°E / -33.500; 151.000

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