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Watson
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1993
MP: Tony Burke
Party: Labor
Namesake: John Christian Watson
Electors: 94,661
Area: 37 km² (14. 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 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. Political parties in Australia lists political parties in Australia. John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941 commonly known as Chris Watson, Australian politician was the third Prime Minister of Australia 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: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Watson is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of 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 Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government It is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Canterbury, Belmore, Lakemba, Roselands, Kingsgrove and Hurstville. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Canterbury is a Suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Belmore is a Suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lakemba HotelJPG|250px|thumb|right|Lakemba Hotel]] Lakemba is a Suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia Roselands is a Suburb, in south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kingsgrove is a Suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hurstville is a Suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

The Division was created at the redistribution of 31 January 1992, to replace the abolished Division of St George and is named after Rt. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Division of St George was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. Hon John Christian Watson, the first Labor Prime Minister of Australia. John Christian Watson (9 April 1867 – 18 November 1941 commonly known as Chris Watson, Australian politician was the third Prime Minister of Australia The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. It was first contested at the 1993 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Labor seat. It has previously been held by Leo McLeay, a former Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives. Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945) Australian politician was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives the lower house of the Parliament of Australia.

There was previously another Division of Watson (1934-69), located in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, however that Division is not connected to this one except in name.

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Members

Member Party Term
  Leo McLeay Labor 1993—2004
  Tony Burke Labor 2004—present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Burke 49,652 61. Leo Boyce McLeay (born 4 October 1945) Australian politician was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor 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 Federal elections for the Parliament of Australia were held on Saturday 24 November 2007 after a 6-week campaign in which 13 Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. 81 +5. 43
Liberal Philip Mansour 20,957 26. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 09 -5. 54
Greens Christine Donayre 5,302 6. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 60 +0. 22
Family First Merry Foy 2,011 2. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 50 +1. 04
Christian Democrats Josephine Sammut 1,988 2. The Christian Democratic Party (CDP is a minor Political party in Australia. 47 +1. 89
Ronald Poulsen 424 0. 53 +0. 14
Total formal votes 80,334 90. 95 +0. 11
Informal votes 7,997 9. 05 -0. 11
Turnout 88,331 93. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 31 +0. 44
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Tony Burke 56,499 70. Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. 33 +5. 77
Liberal Philip Mansour 23,835 29. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 67 -5. 77
Labor hold Swing +5. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 77
Australian federal election, 2004: Watson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Tony Burke 39,046 56. 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 Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. 65 +0. 50
Liberal Keith Topolski 21,723 31. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 52 +3. 40
Greens Kali Reid 4,667 6. The Australian Greens, commonly known as The Greens, is a Green Australian political party. 77 +3. 29
Family First Cat Cannone 1,150 1. The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor Political party in Australia. 67 +1. 67
One Nation John Coleman 1,093 1. Not to be confused with the One Nation program of infrastructure works carried out from 1991 to 1996 by the Keating Labor Government 59 -1. 49
Democrats Garry Dalrymple 914 1. The Australian Democrats is an Australian Political party espousing a centrist or Social liberal ideology 33 -2. 63
Ron Poulsen 335 0. 49 +0. 03
Total formal votes 68,928 90. 90 -1. 58
Informal votes 6,898 9. 10 +1. 58
Turnout 75,826 92. Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a Ballot in an Election. 68 -0. 17
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Tony Burke 44,899 65. Anthony Stephen (Tony Burke (born 4 November 1969) is an Australian politician representing the Labor Party. 14 -2. 17
Liberal Keith Topolski 24,029 34. The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. 86 +2. 17
Labor hold Swing -2. The term swing is used in Australia in a different sense from that employed in Britain, where the term originated (see Swing (politics) 17

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