Division of Watson

This article is about the current federal electorate. For the previous electorate, see Division of Watson (1934–69).

Watson Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Watson in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1992
MP	Tony Burke
Party	Labor
Namesake	Chris Watson
Electors	105,488 (2016)
Area	47 km² (18.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Watson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created at the redistribution of 31 January 1992, to replace the abolished Division of St George and is named after the Right Honourable Chris Watson, the first Labor Prime Minister of Australia. It was first contested at the 1993 federal election.

The division is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Ashbury, Belfield, Burwood Heights, Chullora, Croydon Park, Enfield, Greenacre, Lakemba, Mount Lewis, Punchbowl, Roselands, Strathfield South, Wiley Park; as well as parts of Ashfield, Bankstown, Belmore, Beverly Hills, Burwood, Campsie, Canterbury, Croydon, Hurlstone Park, Kingsgrove, Lidcombe, Narwee, Padstow, Riverwood, Rookwood, and Summer Hill.

The current Member for Watson, since the 2004 federal election, is Tony Burke, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

History

There was previously another Division of Watson (1934-69), originally Chris Watson's old seat of South Sydney and located in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, however that Division is not connected to this one except in name.

The seat is currently a safe Labor seat. It has previously been held by Leo McLeay, a former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Leo McLeay	Labor	1993–2004
	Tony Burke	Labor	2004–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Watson

Australian federal election, 2016: Watson^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Tony Burke	46,105	55.39	+4.84
	Liberal	Mohammad Zaman	21,133	25.39	−11.22
	Christian Democrats	Violet Abdulla	7,957	9.56	+7.19
	Greens	Barbara Bloch	5,555	6.67	+0.40
	Science	Tom Gordon	1,611	1.94	+1.94
	Online Direct Democracy	Paul Geran	875	1.05	+1.05
Total formal votes			83,236	89.35	+3.24
Informal votes			9,924	10.65	−3.24
Turnout			93,160	88.31	−3.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Tony Burke	56,247	67.58	+8.76
	Liberal	Mohammad Zaman	26,989	32.42	−8.76
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.76

References

↑ Watson, NSW, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.

External links

Division of Watson - Australian Electoral Commission

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

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare 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 Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Whitlam Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Charlton 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 Throsby Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

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

Coordinates: 33°54′29″S 151°04′37″E / 33.908°S 151.077°E / -33.908; 151.077

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