Division of Kingsford Smith
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| Kingsford Smith Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Location in Sydney |
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| State or territory: | New South Wales |
| Created: | 1949 |
| MP: | Peter Garrett |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Charles Kingsford Smith |
| Electors: | 97,235 |
| Area: | 60 km² (23.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, on the north shore of Botany Bay, and the coast of the Tasman Sea (a south-western segment of the Pacific Ocean). It includes the suburbs of Coogee, Randwick, Maroubra, Mascot, Botany, Malabar and Kensington.
The Division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, a pioneer aviator, and the first pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean. The Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney International), and the suburb of Kingsford, both of which are located within the Division, are also named after him. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11, 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election.
The seat is currently a safe Labor seat. It has previously been held by Lionel Bowen, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia under Bob Hawke, and by Laurie Brereton, a minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. It is currently held by Peter Garrett, Minister for Environment and former lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil, and former President of the Australian Conservation Foundation.
The Division was originally known as the Division of Kingsford-Smith (with a hyphen), based upon a misspelling of Sir Charles's surname. However, this was corrected at the redistribution in 2001 [1].
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[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Gordon Anderson | Labor | 1949—1955 | |
| Daniel Curtin | Labor | 1955—1969 | |
| Lionel Bowen | Labor | 1969—1990 | |
| Laurie Brereton | Labor | 1990—2004 | |
| Peter Garrett | Labor | 2004—present | |
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Kingsford Smith | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Peter Garrett | 45,831 | 52.85 | +4.24 | |
| Liberal | Caroline Beinke | 29,402 | 33.90 | -2.13 | |
| Greens | Sue Mahony | 8,995 | 10.37 | +2.53 | |
| Christian Democrats | Marcus Campbell | 1,402 | 1.62 | +1.62 | |
| Socialist Equality | Alex Safari | 1,096 | 1.26 | +1.26 | |
| Total formal votes | 86,726 | 94.67 | +2.97 | ||
| Informal votes | 4,884 | 5.33 | -2.97 | ||
| Turnout | 91,610 | 94.22 | -0.06 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Peter Garrett | 54,889 | 63.29 | +4.56 | |
| Liberal | Caroline Beinke | 31,837 | 36.71 | -4.56 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.56 | |||
[edit] References
- Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
- The Poll Bludger
- ABC Elections
- Australian Electoral Commission
[edit] External links
- Division of Kingsford Smith. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. (PDF, 196 kB)
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