Division of Greenway

Greenway Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	New South Wales
Created:	1984
MP:	Louise Markus
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Francis Greenway
Electors:	88,213
Area:	2,886 km² (1,114. 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 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Louise Elizabeth Markus (born 6 September 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian politician who was elected to the Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837 was an Iconic Australian colonial Architect. 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

The Division of Greenway is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The division was created in 1984 and is named for Francis Greenway, an ex-convict who became a prominent architect in colonial Sydney. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Francis Howard Greenway (20 November 1777 – September 1837 was an Iconic Australian colonial Architect. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 The seat was traditionally centred on the Blacktown district, but after the distribution it is mainly located the Hills/North-west/Hawkesbury region of Sydney and takes in suburbs such as Stanhope Gardens, Quakers Hill, Windsor and Riverstone. Stanhope Gardens is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Quakers Hill is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Windsor is a town in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Riverstone is a Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

For most of its history, Greenway was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. However, demographic changes in the areas north of Blacktown resulted in a shift away from Labor at the 2001 election. Blacktown is a Suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 November, 2001. At the 2004 election this trend continued and the seat was won by the Liberal Party following the retirement of the sitting MP and an extensive Liberal campaign. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Louise Markus, a conservative, fundamentalist Christian social worker, defeated Ed Husic, a former political advisor and a non-practicing Muslim, to take the seat by a small margin of 0. Louise Elizabeth Markus (born 6 September 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian politician who was elected to the 6%. A large Informal vote of 11. 83%, the highest in the 2004 election contributed to this result. On September 13, 2006, the Australian Electoral Commission announced that the seat would be redistributed. The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums The Hawkesbury area towns moved to Greenway from the Division of Macquarie, and lost traditional Labor-voting areas such as Blacktown, Dean Park, Lalor Park and Seven Hills as well as the Liberal-leaning areas of Kings Langley and Seven Hills North, making Greenway a very safe seat for the Liberal Party. The Division of Macquarie is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The margin was previously 11. 4 % and is is now 4. 7% as of the 2007 federal election, when it experienced a 6. Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 9% swing towards Labor.

Members

	Party	Term
Russell Gorman	Labor	1984—1996
Frank Mossfield	Labor	1996—2004
Louise Markus	Liberal	2004—present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Greenway

Australian federal election, 2007: Greenway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louise Markus	40,338	50. Russell Neville Joseph Gorman (born 20 July 1926) was an Australian politician Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Frank William Mossfield AM (born 4 June 1935) is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the House of Reps preference flows The Democrats contested 138 electorates with preferences slightly favouring Labor (54 "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Louise Elizabeth Markus (born 6 September 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian politician who was elected to the The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Federal elections were held in Australia on 9 October, 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Greenway in Australian federal elections from the division's creation in 1984 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 The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Louise Elizabeth Markus (born 6 September 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian politician who was elected to the 10	-5. 07
	Labor	Michael Vassili	30,973	38. 47	+9. 11
	Greens	Leigh Williams	4,617	5. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 73	+0. 20
	Christian Democrats	John Phillips	1,711	2. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 12	-0. 07
	Independent	F Ivor	1,343	1. In Politics, an independent is a Politician who is not Affiliated with any Political party. 67	+1. 44
	Family First	Joanne Muller	1,312	1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 63	+0. 09
	Citizens Electoral Council	Goran Reves	228	0. The Citizens Electoral Council of Australia ( CEC) is a minor nationalist political party in Australia affiliated with the international LaRouche Movement 28	+0. 16
Total formal votes			80,522	95. 37	+4. 29
Informal votes			3,908	4. 63	-4. 29
Turnout			84,430	95. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 71	+1. 21
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Liberal	Louise Markus	43,881	54. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. Louise Elizabeth Markus (born 6 September 1958 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian politician who was elected to the 50	-6. 85
	Labor	Michael Vassili	36,641	45. 50	+6. 85
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 85

Members

Election results

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