Division of Chifley

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Chifley
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of CHIFLEY 2016.png
Division of Chifley in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created1969
MP Ed Husic
Party Labor
Namesake Ben Chifley
Electors 121,385 (2022)
Area126 km2 (48.6 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan

The Division of Chifley is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

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Chifley is located in outer western Sydney. It includes Rooty Hill, Doonside, Woodcroft, Dean Park, parts of Marayong and Blacktown, and all the suburbs of the Mt Druitt housing estate. [1]

History

Ben Chifley, the division's namesake Benchifley.jpg
Ben Chifley, the division's namesake

The division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49.

Chifley has been won by the Labor Party at every federal election since its creation in 1969, and at the 2007 federal election was one of Labor's safest seats. [2] The Member for Chifley, since the 2010 federal election, is Ed Husic, a member of the Australian Labor Party.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [3]

Four of the candidates who stood for election for the Division of Chifley at the 2007 federal election address electors at a public meeting in Shalvey on 11 November 2007. They are (seated at rear) Roger Price (ALP), Dave Vincent (CDP), James Cogan (Socialist) and (standing) John Forrester (Greens) Chifley candiidates meeting nov 2007.jpg
Four of the candidates who stood for election for the Division of Chifley at the 2007 federal election address electors at a public meeting in Shalvey on 11 November 2007. They are (seated at rear) Roger Price (ALP), Dave Vincent (CDP), James Cogan (Socialist) and (standing) John Forrester (Greens)

The division is located in the western suburbs of Sydney. On its original boundaries it was based on Blacktown, but now includes the suburbs of Angus, Bidwill, Blackett, Bungarribee, Colebee, Dean Park, Dharruk, Doonside, Emerton, Glendenning, Hassall Grove, Hebersham, Lethbridge Park, Marayong, Marsden Park, Melonba, Mount Druitt, Nirimba Fields, Oakhurst, Plumpton, Richards, Rooty Hill, Ropes Crossing, Shalvey, Shanes Park, Tregear, Whalan, Willmot, and Woodcroft; as well as parts of Arndell Park, Blacktown, Eastern Creek, Huntingwood, Quakers Hill, Riverstone, and Schofields.

Demographics

Chifley is home to immigrant communities from the Philippines, India, and Fiji, [4] and is heavily Catholic at 30.8% with a larger-than-average Muslim population at 8.3%. [4] Some voters are socially conservative, particularly those of religious background. [5]

The current MP is Ed Husic, a member of the Australian Labor Party. Husic himself comes from a Bosnian Muslim family, but describes himself as non-practising Muslim. [1]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  JohnArmitage1963.jpg John Armitage
(1920–2009)		 Labor 25 October 1969 –
4 February 1983 		Previously held the Division of Mitchell. Retired
  No image.svg Russ Gorman
(1926–2017)		 Labor 5 March 1983 –
1 December 1984 		Transferred to the Division of Greenway
  Roger Price.jpg Roger Price
(1945–)		 Labor 1 December 1984 –
19 July 2010 		Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Rudd and Gillard. Retired
  Women of the Year1.jpg.thumb.1280.1280 (Husic cropped).jpg Ed Husic
(1970–)		 Labor 21 August 2010 –
present		Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Chifley.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: Chifley [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ed Husic 51,23652.72−1.58
Liberal Jugandeep Singh24,04624.74−3.18
One Nation Amit Batish6,0346.21+6.21
Greens Sujan Selventhiran5,6225.78+0.72
United Australia Zvetanka Raskov5,1495.30+0.76
Liberal Democrats Ben Roughley3,2633.36+3.36
Independent Ammar Khan1,8391.89+0.15
Total formal votes97,18991.12+0.78
Informal votes9,4718.88−0.78
Turnout 106,66087.95−2.01
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ed Husic 61,68263.47+1.10
Liberal Jugandeep Singh35,50736.53−1.10
Labor hold Swing +1.10

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References

  1. 1 2 "Chifley - Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "House of Representatives: Two party preferred by division". Election 2007. Australian Electoral Commission. 11 August 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 "2016 Chifley, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Same-sex marriage survey: religious belief matched no vote most closely". the Guardian. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  6. ↑ Chifley, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
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