Division of Chifley - Citizendia

Chifley Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	New South Wales
Created:	1969
MP:	Roger Price
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Ben Chifley
Electors:	92,506
Area:	76 km² (29. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November, 1945) is an Australian politician Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 &ndash 13 June 1951 Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 3 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

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 11th November 2007. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. They are (seated at rear) Price, Vincent, Cogan and (standing) Forrester

The Division of Chifley is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Benedict Chifley (22 September 1885 &ndash 13 June 1951 Australian politician and 16th Prime Minister of Australia, was one of Australia's most influential Prime Ministers The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 On its original boundaries it was based on Blacktown, but now includes the suburbs of Minchinbury, Mount Druitt and Rooty Hill. Blacktown is a Suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Minchinbury is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Druitt Suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rooty Hill is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party.

Members

	Party	Term
John Armitage	Labor	1969—1983
Russell Gorman	Labor	1983—1984
Roger Price	Labor	1984—present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Chifley

Australian federal election, 2007: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Roger Price	51,568	64. John Lindsay Armitage (born 11 November 1920) was an Australian politician Issues The 1969 election centred heavily on the two leaders John Gorton and Gough Whitlam Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Russell Neville Joseph Gorman (born 20 July 1926) was an Australian politician Background The coalition government led by Malcolm Fraser had to contend with a parlous economic situation with high inflation and high unemployment Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November, 1945) is an Australian politician This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Chifley in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1969 until the present Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November, 1945) is an Australian politician 18	+10. 12
	Liberal	Jess Diaz	19,092	23. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 76	-6. 62
	Greens	John Forrester	2,897	3. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 61	-1. 66
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	2,751	3. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 42	+1. 21
	One Nation	Louise Kedwell	1,183	1. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 47	-0. 53
	Socialist Equality	James Cogan	1,069	1. The Socialist Equality Party (SEP is a minor Australian political party affiliated with the International Committee of the Fourth International. 33	+1. 33
	Family First	Evan Jewell	1,016	1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 26	-0. 24
	Independent	Wayne Hyland	484	0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 60	-0. 24
	Independent	Amarjit Tanda	288	0. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 36	+0. 36
Total formal votes			80,348	92. 01	+2. 90
Informal votes			6,976	7. 99	-2. 90
Turnout			87,324	94. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 40	+0. 55
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Roger Price	56,776	70. Leo Roger Spurway Price (born 26 November, 1945) is an Australian politician 66	+8. 69
	Liberal	Jess Diaz	23,572	29. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 34	-8. 69
	Labor hold		Swing	+8. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 69

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