Division Profile
| Division Name |
MACQUARIE |
| State |
New South Wales |
| Elected Member |
Debus, R (ALP) 2007- |
| Name Derivation |
Named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie 1761-1824, Governor of New South Wales 1810-21. |
| First Proclaimed / Election |
1900/1901 |
| Area |
12084 sq. kms |
| Demographic |
Provincial |
| Pre-Election Seat Status |
Marginal |
| Seat Status |
Fairly Safe |
| Enrolment |
94,672 |
| Turnout |
96.09% |
| Informal |
3.56% |
| Location |
Macquarie covers an area of approximately 12 084 sq km from Glenbrook in the east, the eastern and northern boundaries of the Lithgow City Council local government area in the north, Bathurst in the west and the Abercrombie, Kowmung and Coxs rivers generally in the south. The main towns include Bathurst, Blackheath, Katoomba, Lithgow, Mount Victoria, Oberon, Portland, Springwood, and Wentworth Falls. |
| Products and Industry |
Tourism, coal and gold mining, power generation, cement works, fruit growing, timber, vineyards, wool processing, transport, whitegoods manufacturing, agriculture and pastoral. |
Members
| Debus, R (ALP) 2007- |
| Bartlett, K (LP) 1996-2007 |
| Deahm, M J (ALP) 1993-1996 |
| Webster, A (LP) 1984-1993 |
| Free, R V (ALP) 1980-1984 |
| Gillard, R (LP) 1975-1980 |
| Luchetti, A S (ALP) 1951-1975 |
| Chifley, J B (ALP) 1940-1951 |
| Lawson, J N (UAP) 1931-1940 |
| Chifley, J B (ALP) 1928-1931 |
| Manning, A G (NAT) 1922-1928 |
| Nicholls, S R (ALP) 1917-1922 |
| Carr, E S (ALP) 1906-1917 |
| Smith, S (FT) 1901-1906 |
Please Note: the division profile displayed above was at the time of the election. Please consult the AEC website for the most current division profile.
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