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Division of Reid

Coordinates: 33°51′11″S 151°05′02″E / 33.853°S 151.084°E / -33.853; 151.084
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Reid
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Reid in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election
Created1922
MPSally Sitou
PartyLabor
NamesakeSir George Reid
Electors115,625 (2022)
Area55 km2 (21.2 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Reid is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

History

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Sir George Reid, the division's namesake

The division is named after Sir George Reid, a former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 September 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 federal election.[1]

Under initial proposals for the 2009 redistribution, the Australian Electoral Commission proposed that the division be abolished. However, in the final proposal, the name "Reid" was retained for a division combining much of the now-abolished Division of Lowe with part of the old Division of Reid.[2] Incidentally, the redistribution brought George Reid's old home, at Mount Royal, Strathfield, within the boundaries of the electorate that bears his name.[3][4]

While the old Reid was historically a safe Labor seat, the 2009 redistribution made Reid far less safe for Labor, with its majority being slashed by six percent. That was partly because of the addition of territory from Lowe, which had been a marginal Labor seat for most of the time since the 1980s. John Murphy, the last member for Lowe, retained Reid for Labor at the 2010 election with just a two percent margin, after suffering an eight percent swing. At the 2013 election, the seat was won for the first time by the Liberal Party of Australia.[5] The current Member for Reid, since the 2022 federal election, is Sally Sitou, a member of the Australian Labor Party. The loss of the seat to the Labor Party has been attributed to the notably large swings against the Liberal Party among Chinese Australian voters which has cost the Liberal Party many key seats,[6] with 18% of Reid's population possessing Chinese ancestry.[7]

Its most prominent member was Jack Lang, who served as Premier of New South Wales on two non-consecutive occasions – from 1925 to 1927, and then again from 1930 to 1932. Lang's second tenure as Premier ended in a constitutional crisis which resulted in Lang becoming the first head of government in Australia to be dismissed from office by a vice-regal representative – a case that has only happened once since, to the federal Whitlam government in 1975. Lang carried on as New South Wales Opposition Leader until 1939, and remained in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly before transferring to federal politics in 1946. Lang's sole term as member for Reid was noted for his strong opposition towards the incumbent Chifley government, though he did support efforts by the Government to nationalise private banks.

Other prominent members have included Tom Uren, who was a prominent Labor figure and minister who also served as Gough Whitlam's deputy from 1975 to 1977. Uren was succeeded upon retirement by Laurie Ferguson, the son of Jack Ferguson, who was a Deputy Premier of New South Wales, and the brother of Martin Ferguson, a former President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions and a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments.[2]

Boundaries

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Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[8]

The division is located in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Abbotsford, Breakfast Point, Burwood, Cabarita, Canada Bay, Chiswick, Concord, Concord West, Five Dock, Flemington, Homebush, Homebush West, Liberty Grove, Mortlake, Newington, North Strathfield, Rhodes, Rodd Point, Russell Lea, Strathfield, Sydney Olympic Park, Wareemba, and Wentworth Point; and includes parts of Ashfield, Auburn, Croydon, Drummoyne, Lidcombe, Silverwater, and Spectacle Island.[1]

Members

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Image Member Party Term Notes
  Percy Coleman
(1892–1934) 		Labor 16 December 1922 –
19 December 1931 		Lost seat
  Joe Gander
(1888–1954) 		Labor (NSW) 19 December 1931 –
February 1936 		Lost seat
  Labor February 1936 –
2 May 1940
  Labor (Non-Communist) 2 May 1940 –
21 September 1940
  Charles Morgan
(1897–1967) 		Labor 21 September 1940 –
28 September 1946 		Lost seat
  Jack Lang
(1876–1975) 		Lang Labor 28 September 1946 –
10 December 1949 		Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Auburn. Did not contest in 1949. Failed to win the Division of Blaxland
  Charles Morgan
(1897–1967) 		Labor 10 December 1949 –
1958 		Lost preselection and then lost seat
  Independent 1958 –
22 November 1958
  Tom Uren
(1921–2015) 		Labor 22 November 1958 –
19 February 1990 		Served as minister under Whitlam and Hawke. Retired
  Laurie Ferguson
(1952–) 		24 March 1990 –
21 August 2010 		Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Granville. Transferred to the Division of Werriwa
  John Murphy
(1950–) 		21 August 2010 –
7 September 2013 		Previously held the Division of Lowe. Lost seat
  Craig Laundy
(1971–) 		Liberal 7 September 2013 –
11 April 2019 		Served as minister under Turnbull and Morrison. Retired
  Fiona Martin
(1977–) 		18 May 2019 –
21 May 2022 		Lost seat
  Sally Sitou
(1982–) 		Labor 21 May 2022 –
present 		Incumbent

Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Reid
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Reid.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Reid[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Sally Sitou 40,768 41.61 +4.40
Liberal Fiona Martin 37,126 37.89 −10.43
Greens Charles Jago 9,184 9.37 +1.29
Independent Natalie Baini 2,994 3.06 +3.06
United Australia Jamal Daoud 2,530 2.58 +0.66
One Nation Edward Walters 1,997 2.04 +2.04
Liberal Democrats Andrew Cameron 1,824 1.86 +1.86
Fusion Sahar Khalili-Naghadeh 1,553 1.59 +1.59
Total formal votes 97,976 93.51 −0.36
Informal votes 6,800 6.49 +0.36
Turnout 104,776 90.68 −1.03
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sally Sitou 54,076 55.19 +8.37
Liberal Fiona Martin 43,900 44.81 −8.37
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.37
Two-party-preferred vote results in Reid

References

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  1. ^ a b "Division of Reid". Australian Electoral Commission.
  2. ^ a b Green, Antony (11 October 2013). "Electorates: Reid". Australia votes 2013. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Reid Sells His Pup and Party", 4 Sep 1904
  4. ^ Strathfield Heritage – Mount Royal
  5. ^ Needham, Kirsty (8 September 2013). "Bloodbath in west just did not happen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  6. ^ Knott, Matthew. "Chinese-Australian voters punished Coalition for hostile rhetoric". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  7. ^ Fang, Jason; Xing, Dong; Handley, Erin. "Chinese-Australian voters helped sway the election result. So what issues mattered most to them?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  8. ^ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  9. ^ Reid, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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