Division of Chifley

Chifley Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Chifley (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1969
MP:	Ed Husic
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Ben Chifley
Area:	135 km² (52 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 11 November 2007. They are (seated at rear) Roger Price (ALP), Dave Vincent (CDP), James Cogan (Socialist) and (standing) John Forrester (Greens)

The Division of Chifley is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney. On its original boundaries it was based on Blacktown, but now includes the suburbs of Minchinbury, Mount Druitt and Rooty Hill. Chifley has been won by the Labor Party at every federal election since its creation in 1969, and is currently one of the party's safest seats.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	John Armitage	Labor	1969–1983
	Russ Gorman	Labor	1983–1984
	Roger Price	Labor	1984–2010
	Ed Husic	Labor	2010–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Chifley

Australian federal election, 2010: Chifley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ed Husic	41,456	51.58	-11.60
	Liberal	Venus Priest	24,369	30.32	+5.42
	Greens	Debbie Robertson	6,776	8.43	+4.72
	Christian Democrats	Dave Vincent	4,068	5.06	+1.72
	One Nation	Louise Kedwell	1,585	1.97	+0.67
	Democrats	Keith Darley	1,174	1.46	+1.46
	Australia First	Terry Cooksley	943	1.17	+1.17
Total formal votes			80,371	88.84	-3.25
Informal votes			10,097	11.16	+3.25
Turnout			90,468	92.69	-0.98
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Ed Husic	50,103	62.34	-7.34
	Liberal	Venus Priest	30,268	37.66	+7.34
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.34

References

• Division of Chifley - Australian Electoral Commission