Division of Reid
| Reid Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
 Division of Reid (green) in New South Wales | |
| Created | 1922 |
| MP | Sally Sitou |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Sir George Reid |
| Electors | 103,731 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 66 km2 (25.5 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Reid is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. It is named after the Right Honourable Sir George Reid, a former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia.[2] Ot was set up in 1922.
The division is in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney. It includes Abbotsford, Breakfast Point, Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Drummoyne, Five Dock, Homebush, Homebush West, Liberty Grove, Lidcombe, Mortlake, Newington, North Strathfield, Rhodes, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, Silverwater, Sydney Olympic Park, Wareemba, and Wentworth Point; and includes parts of Auburn, Berala, Burwood, Croydon, and Strathfield.
History[change | change source]
In 2009 the Australian Electoral Commission proposed that the division be abolished. The name "Reid" was kept for a division which included most of the old Division of Lowe, with part of the old Division of Reid.[3]
Members[change | change source]
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percy Coleman | Labor | 1922–1931 | |
| Joe Gander | Labor (NSW) | 1931–1936 | |
| Labor | 1936–1940 | ||
| Charles Morgan | Labor | 1940–1946 | |
| Jack Lang | Lang Labor | 1946–1949 | |
| Charles Morgan | Labor | 1949–1958 | |
| Tom Uren | Labor | 1958–1990 | |
| Laurie Ferguson | Labor | 1990–2010 | |
| John Murphy | Labor | 2010–2013 | |
| Craig Laundy | Liberal | 2013–present | |
Members for the division have included Jack Lang, a former Premier of New South Wales; Tom Uren, a minister in Whitlam and Hawke governments; and Laurie Ferguson, the son of Jack Ferguson who was a Deputy Premier of New South Wales, and the brother of Martin Ferguson, a former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.[3]
Election results[change | change source]
| 2022 Australian federal election: Reid[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Sally Sitou | 40,768 | 41.61 | +4.40 | |
| Liberal | Fiona Martin | 37,126 | 37.89 | −10.43 | |
| Greens | Charles Jago | 9,184 | 9.37 | +1.29 | |
| Independent | Natalie Baini | 2,994 | 3.06 | +3.06 | |
| United Australia | Jamal Daoud | 2,530 | 2.58 | +0.66 | |
| One Nation | Edward Walters | 1,997 | 2.04 | +2.04 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cameron | 1,824 | 1.86 | +1.86 | |
| Fusion | Sahar Khalili-Naghadeh | 1,553 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
| Total formal votes | 97,976 | 93.51 | −0.36 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,800 | 6.49 | +0.36 | ||
| Turnout | 104,776 | 90.68 | −1.03 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sally Sitou | 54,076 | 55.19 | +8.37 | |
| Liberal | Fiona Martin | 43,900 | 44.81 | −8.37 | |
| Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.37 | |||
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "NSW Division – Reid, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 26 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Reid (NSW)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Green, Antony (11 October 2013). "Electorates: Reid". Australia votes 2013. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ↑ Reid, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.