Division of Watson
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The location of the Division of Watson, highlighted in red, in Sydney, as of the 2016 federal election.
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| Created | 1992 |
| MP | Tony Burke |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Chris Watson |
| Electors | 101,329 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 42 km2 (16.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner Metropolitan |
The Division of Watson is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created at the redistribution of 31 January 1992, to replace the abolished Division of St George and is named after the Right Honourable Chris Watson, the first Labor Prime Minister of Australia. It was first contested at the 1993 federal election.
The division is located in the southern suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Belfield, Belmore, Burwood Heights, Campsie, Chullora, Clemton Park, Enfield, Greenacre, Lakemba, Lidcombe, Mount Lewis, Roselands, Strathfield South and Wiley Park and parts of Ashbury, Bankstown, Beverly Hills, Burwood, Canterbury, Croydon, Croydon Park, Earlwood, Kingsgrove, Punchbowl, and Strathfield.
The current Member for Watson, since the 2004 federal election, is Tony Burke, a member of the Australian Labor Party.
History
There was previously another Division of Watson (1934-69), originally Chris Watson's old seat of South Sydney and located in the south-eastern suburbs of Sydney, however that Division is not connected to this one except in name.
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.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Leo McLeay | Labor | 1993–2004 | |
| Tony Burke | Labor | 2004–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Tony Burke | 39,126 | 49.51 | −0.92 | |
| Liberal | Ron Delezio | 30,617 | 38.74 | +1.57 | |
| Greens | Barbara Bloch | 4,171 | 5.28 | −4.34 | |
| Palmer United | John Nasser | 1,970 | 2.49 | +2.49 | |
| Christian Democrats | David Fraser | 1,873 | 2.37 | +2.37 | |
| Democratic Labour | Stephen Rawson | 897 | 1.14 | +1.14 | |
| Rise Up Australia | Paul Kamlade | 376 | 0.48 | +0.48 | |
| Total formal votes | 79,030 | 86.05 | −1.15 | ||
| Informal votes | 12,814 | 13.95 | +1.15 | ||
| Turnout | 91,844 | 90.64 | +0.60 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Tony Burke | 44,895 | 56.81 | −2.33 | |
| Liberal | Ron Delezio | 34,135 | 43.19 | +2.33 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −2.33 | |||
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