Division of Prospect

This article is about the former Australian federal electorate. For the New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect. For the former South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect (South Australia).

Prospect Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Prospect (green) in New South Wales
Created	1969
Abolished	2010
Namesake	Prospect Reservoir
Electors	90,624
Area	164 km² (63.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Prospect was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales from 1969 to 2010. It was located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and included the suburbs of Fairfield, Smithfield, Kemps Creek, St Clair, Horsley Park and those parts of the suburb of Prospect south of the Great Western Highway which were the least populous parts of the suburb. The Prospect Reservoir was located within the Division.

The origins of the Division date back to the redistribution of 21 November 1968, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat was a safe Labor seat for its entire existence.

Following the 2009 redistribution of New South Wales, the division was renamed McMahon to honour former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon.^[1] McMahon was first contested at the 2010 federal election.

Members

	Party	Term
Dick Klugman	Labor	1969–1990
Janice Crosio	Labor	1990–2004
Chris Bowen	Labor	2004–2010

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Prospect

References

↑ Media Release 2009: Augmented Electoral Commission decides boundaries and names for Federal Electoral Divisions in NSW - Australian Electoral Commission

External links

"Division of Prospect" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved 2007-06-29. (PDF, 174 kB)

Electoral divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales

Banks Barton Bennelong Berowra Blaxland Bradfield Calare Chifley Cook Cowper Cunningham Dobell Eden-Monaro Farrer Fowler Gilmore Grayndler Greenway Hughes Hume Hunter Kingsford Smith Lindsay Lyne Macarthur Mackellar Macquarie McMahon Mitchell New England Newcastle North Sydney Page Parkes Parramatta Paterson Reid Richmond Riverina Robertson Shortland Sydney Warringah Watson Wentworth Werriwa Whitlam Abolished: Barrier Bland Canobolas Charlton Cook (1906–55) Dalley Darling Dundas East Sydney Evans Gwydir Illawarra Lang Lawson Lowe Martin Nepean Parkes (1901–69) Phillip Prospect Riverina-Darling St George South Sydney Throsby Watson (1934–69) West Sydney

Divisions in: New South Wales Victoria Queensland Western Australia South Australia Tasmania Australian Capital and Northern Territories

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