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 km2 (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

MemberPartyTerm
  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

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