Division of Reid
The Division of Reid is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Abbotsford, Auburn (part), Berala (part), Breakfast Point, Burwood (part), Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Croydon (part), Drummoyne, Five Dock, Homebush, Homebush West, Liberty Grove, Lidcombe, Mortlake, Newington, North Strathfield, Rhodes, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, Silverwater, Strathfield (part), Sydney Olympic Park, Wareemba, and Wentworth Point.
The Division was named after Rt Hon Sir George Reid, former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 September 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 Federal election. The seat is currently a marginal Labor seat. Under the initial proposals in the proposed 2009 Redistribution of NSW, the division would have been abolished; however in the final proposals the name "Reid" was retained for a division combining much of the Division of Lowe with part of the old Division of Reid.
Members
Election results
| Australian federal election, 2010: Reid |
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Liberal |
Peter Cooper |
34,328 |
43.11 |
+7.42 |
|
Labor |
John Murphy |
33,051 |
41.51 |
-11.35 |
|
Greens |
Adam Butler |
8,903 |
11.18 |
+3.27 |
|
Christian Democrats |
Bill Shailer |
2,445 |
3.07 |
+0.76 |
|
Socialist Equality |
Carolyn Kennett |
901 |
1.13 |
+1.13 |
| Total formal votes |
79,628 |
91.20 |
-3.22 |
| Informal votes |
7,680 |
8.80 |
+3.22 |
| Turnout |
87,308 |
91.07 |
-2.07 |
| Two-candidate preferred result |
|
Labor |
John Murphy |
41,949 |
52.68 |
-8.16 |
|
Liberal |
Peter Cooper |
37,679 |
47.32 |
+8.16 |
|
Labor hold |
Swing |
-8.16 |
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