Division of Mackellar

Mackellar Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Mackellar (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1949
MP:	Bronwyn Bishop
Party:	Liberal
Namesake:	Dorothea Mackellar
Area:	233 km² (90 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Mackellar is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, on the Pacific coast, south of Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury River. It includes the suburbs of Narrabeen, Beacon Hill, Newport, Palm Beach and Terrey Hills.

The Division is named after Dorothea Mackellar, a 20th century Australian poet. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. The seat is a safe Liberal seat. It was first held by William Wentworth IV, the first Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and the great-grandson of politician and explorer William Wentworth, one of the first three Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	William Wentworth	Liberal	1949–1977
		Independent	1977–1977
	Jim Carlton	Liberal	1977–1994
	Bronwyn Bishop	Liberal	1994–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Mackellar

Australian federal election, 2010: Mackellar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bronwyn Bishop	54,110	62.12	+5.74
	Labor	Linda Beattie	18,381	21.10	-3.33
	Greens	Jonathan King	14,609	16.77	+5.08
Total formal votes			87,100	94.80	-0.53
Informal votes			4,780	5.20	+0.53
Turnout			91,880	93.23	-2.05
Two-candidate preferred result
	Liberal	Bronwyn Bishop	57,245	65.72	+3.34
	Labor	Linda Beattie	29,855	34.28	-3.34
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.34

References

• Division of Mackellar - Australian Electoral Commission