Division of Reid

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Reid
Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory: New South Wales
Created: 1922
MP: Laurie Ferguson
Party: Labor
Namesake: George Reid
Electors: 92,648
Area: 68 km² (26.3 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Reid is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Auburn, Granville, Lidcombe, Berala, Guildford, Merrylands, Silverwater, Newington, and Homebush Bay, the location of the Sydney Olympic precinct.

The Division was named after Rt Hon Sir George Reid, former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of September 13, 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Labor seat.

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[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Percy Coleman Labor 1922—1931
  Joseph Gander Lang Labor 1931—1936
  Labor 1936—1940
  Lang Labor 1940—1940
  Charles Morgan Labor 1940—1946
  Jack Lang Lang Labor 1946—1949
  Charles Morgan Labor 1949—1958
  Tom Uren Labor 1958—1990
  Laurie Ferguson Labor 1990—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Reid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Ferguson 47,739 60.10 +9.26
Liberal Ronney Oueik 21,516 27.09 -4.98
Greens Mark Lipscombe 4,160 5.24 -0.33
Christian Democrats Alex Sharah 3,170 3.99 +0.88
Family First Veronica Lambert 1,301 1.64 +1.42
Democrats Silma Ihram 1,123 1.41 +0.16
Citizens Electoral Council Hal Johnson 429 0.54 +0.54
Total formal votes 79,438 92.43 +3.77
Informal votes 6,508 7.57 -3.77
Turnout 85,946 92.77 +1.12
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Laurie Ferguson 53,065 66.80 +4.72
Liberal Ronney Oueik 26,373 33.20 -4.72
Labor hold Swing +4.72
Australian federal election, 2004: Reid
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Laurie Ferguson 33,052 51.37 -5.72
Liberal Sarah McMahon 19,796 30.76 +8.28
Greens Wafaa Salti 3,376 5.25 +2.24
No GST Nicholas Khoury 3,084 4.79 +4.79
Christian Democrats Kylie Mary Laurence 2,296 3.57 +1.22
One Nation Neville Williams 1,267 1.97 -3.47
Democrats Tony Yoo 802 1.25 -2.17
Socialist Alliance Lisa Macdonald 673 1.05 +1.05
Total formal votes 64,346 88.29 -0.63
Informal votes 8,537 11.71 +0.63
Turnout 72,883 92.95 -0.33
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Laurie Ferguson 40,388 62.77 -4.10
Liberal Sarah McMahon 23,958 37.23 +4.10
Labor hold Swing -4.10

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