Division of Lowe

Lowe
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lowe (green) in New South Wales prior to abolition
Created1949
Abolished2010
NamesakeRobert Lowe
Electors87,153
Area39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Lowe was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, on the south shore of the Parramatta River. It included the suburbs of Drummoyne, Five Dock, Croydon, Croydon Park, Burwood, Enfield, Homebush, Strathfield, Concord, Rhodes, Canada Bay, Cabarita, Abbotsford and Mortlake.

The division was named after the Rt Hon Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election. It was first held by Sir William McMahon, who retained the seat for over 32 years, until 1982. He was prime minister from 1971 to 1972.

Following the 2009 redistribution of NSW, the seat of Lowe was abolished for the 2010 Australian federal election. Most of the area of Lowe, together with a small part of the seat of Reid to its west, were reconstituted as the new Reid.[1][2]

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Sir William McMahon
(1908–1988) 		Liberal 10 December 1949 –
4 January 1982 		Served as minister under Menzies, Holt, McEwen and Gorton. Served as Prime Minister from 1971 to 1972. Resigned to retire from politics
  Michael Maher
(1936–2013) 		Labor 13 March 1982 –
11 July 1987 		Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Drummoyne. Lost seat
  Bob Woods
(1947–) 		Liberal 11 July 1987 –
13 March 1993 		Lost seat. Later appointed to the Senate in 1994
  Mary Easson
(1955–) 		Labor 13 March 1993 –
2 March 1996 		Lost seat
  Paul Zammit
(1941–) 		Liberal 2 March 1996 –
9 February 1998 		Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Strathfield. Lost seat
  Independent 9 February 1998 –
3 October 1998
  John Murphy
(1950–) 		Labor 3 October 1998 –
21 August 2010 		Transferred to the Division of Reid after Lowe was abolished in 2010

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lowe

2007

This section is an excerpt from Electoral results for the Division of Lowe § 2007.[edit]
2007 Australian federal election: Lowe [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Murphy 38,766 49.27 +6.23
Liberal Jim Tsolakis 31,518 40.06 −2.90
Greens Marc Rerceretnam 6,774 8.61 −0.07
Christian Democrats Bill Shailer 1,616 2.05 +0.04
Total formal votes 78,674 95.05 +1.65
Informal votes 4,098 4.95 −1.65
Turnout 82,772 94.97 +1.56
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Murphy 45,136 57.37 +4.34
Liberal Jim Tsolakis 33,538 42.63 −4.34
Labor hold Swing +4.34

References

  1. ^ Grattan, Michelle (22 November 2009). "Buckle up for an elections roller-coaster ride". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ "Antony Green - ABC News". 22 May 2022.
  3. ^ "2007 House of Representatives: NSW". Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  • "Division of Lowe" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved 29 June 2007. (PDF, 184 kB)

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