Division of Prospect

Prospect Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Prospect (green) in New South Wales
Created:	1969
Abolished:	2010
Namesake:	Prospect Reservoir
Electors:	90,624
Area:	164 km² (63 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Prospect was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales from 1969 to 2010. It was located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and included the suburbs of Fairfield, Smithfield, Kemps Creek, St Clair, Horsley Park and those parts of the suburb of Prospect south of the Great Western Highway which were the least populous parts of the suburb. The Prospect Reservoir was located within the Division.

The origins of the Division date back to the redistribution of 21 November 1968, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat was a safe Labor seat for its entire existence. Among its Members was the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law in the Rudd and Gillard ministries, Chris Bowen.

Following the 2009 redistribution of New South Wales, the division was renamed McMahon to honour former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon.^[1] McMahon was first contested at the 2010 federal election.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Dick Klugman	Labor	1969–1990
	Janice Crosio	Labor	1990–2004
	Chris Bowen	Labor	2004–2010

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Prospect

References

1. ^ http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Media_releases/2009/10-23.htm

• Announcement of renaming
• Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
• The Poll Bludger
• ABC Elections
• Australian Electoral Commission

External links

• "Division of Prospect". Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. http://www.aec.gov.au/pdf/profiles/p/prospect.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-29.  (PDF, 174 kB)