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Division of Bennelong

Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives
Division of Bennelong
Member of Parliament		Maxine McKew Labor
State/Territory	New South Wales
Electorate created	1949
Registered Voters (2007)	86,220
Area (km²)	58 sq.km
Pop. density (per km²)	1486.55
Allegiance	Very Marginal Labor (1.1)
Last Election (2007)	Labor Gain +5.1 Swing

The Division of Bennelong is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1949 and is named for Bennelong, an Aboriginal man befriended by the first Governor of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip. Bennelong is based in Northern Sydney, including the suburbs of Eastwood, Carlingford, Epping and Ryde, and has been held by the Liberal Party since its creation. In that time it has had only two members. The current member, John Howard, held the seat for 33 years, losing it in the 2007 election, and at that time ha dbeen Prime Minister of Australia since 1996. Image File history File links Gnome_globe_current_event. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The 2004-2007 composition of the House. ... Maxine McKew (born 1953) is an Australian Labor parliamentary candidate and former award-winning journalist. ... NSW redirects here. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... NSW redirects here. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Bennelong (disambiguation). ... Language(s) Several hundred Indigenous Australian languages (many extinct or nearly so), Australian English, Australian Aboriginal English, Torres Strait Creole, Kriol Religion(s) Primarily Christian, with minorities of other religions including various forms of Traditional belief systems based around the Dreamtime Related ethnic groups see List of Indigenous Australian group... List of Governors of New South Wales See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ... Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was a British naval officer and colonial administrator. ... Eastwood is a large suburb in the north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Carlingford Village Shopping Centre. ... Epping is a suburb in north-west Sydney, Australia, approximately 18-20km from the central business district. ... Ryde Bridge Ryde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian politician and the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. ... Judicial High Court Lower Courts Constitution State and territory governments Executive Governors and Administrators Premiers and Chief Ministers Legislative Parliaments and Assemblies State electoral systems ACT - NSW - NT - Qld. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

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Interestingly, however, the two-party preferred vote for the Liberals actually declined by 3.4% in the 2004 election, contrary to a strong national trend to the coalition (and a particularly strong one to the Coalition in outer-suburban metropolitan seats), making Bennelong a marginal seat at that time, with a margin of just 4.3%. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October 2004. ...

Bennelong is currently regarded as a very marginal seat. Howard contested Bennelong at the 2007 election and narrowly lost to Maxine McKew, only the second time in Australian history that a sitting Prime Minister has been defeated in his own electorate, the other being Stanley Bruce. The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia is currently taking place on Saturday 24 November. ... Maxine McKew (born 1953) is an Australian Labor parliamentary candidate and former award-winning journalist. ... Rt Hon Stanley Bruce Stanley Melbourne Bruce (15 April 1883 - August 25, 1967), Australian politician and diplomat, later Viscount Bruce of Melbourne and Westminster, was the eighth Prime Minister of Australia. ...

The 2006 redistribution has pushed this margin slightly further into Labor territory, due to the inclusion of predominantly working class and public housing suburb of Ermington into its boundaries^[1]. Ermington is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

Members

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Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bennelong

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Polls

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Notes

External links

• ABC Interview with LDPs 2007 Candidate for Bennelong. [8]

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References

• Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
• The Poll Bludger
• ABC Elections
• Australian Electoral Commission