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NSW DIVISION - BARTON

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Division Profile
Division Name BARTON
State New South Wales
Elected Member McClelland, R (ALP) 1996-
Name Derivation Named after Sir Edmund Barton 1849-1920, the first Prime Minister of Australia 1901-03.
First Proclaimed / Election 1922
Area 44 sq. kms
Demographic Inner Metropolitan
Pre-Election Seat Status Safe
Seat Status Fairly Safe
Enrolment 95,231
Turnout 91.62%
Informal 9.82%
Location Barton covers an area of approximately 44 sq km from Cooks River and Cup and Saucer Creek in the north to the Georges River in the south, Botany Bay in the east and generally to Beverly Hills in the west. The main suburbs include Arncliffe, Banksia, Bardwell Valley, Beverley Park, Bexley, Bexley North, Brighton-Le-Sands, Carss Park, Dolls Point, Kogarah, Kogarah Bay, Kyeemagh, Monterey, Ramsgate, Ramsgate Beach, Rockdale, Sandringham, Sans Souci, Turrella, Wolli Creek and parts of Beverly Hills, Carlton, Earlwood and Kingsgrove.
Products and Industry Light manufacturing, commercial and retail industry, tourism, bakeries, chocolate making and health services.

Members
McClelland, R (ALP) 1996-
Punch, G F (ALP) 1983-1996
Bradfield, J M (LP) 1975-1983
Reynolds, L J (ALP) 1969-1975
Arthur, W T (LP) 1966-1969
Reynolds, L J (ALP) 1958-1966
Evatt, H V (ALP) 1940-1958
Lane, A (UAP) 1931-1940
Tully, J T (ALP) 1928-1931
Ley, T J (NAT) 1925-1928
McDonald, F A (ALP) 1922-1925

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