Division of Chifley
| Chifley Australian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Chifley (green) in New South Wales
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| Created | 1969 |
| MP | Ed Husic |
| Party | Labor |
| Namesake | Ben Chifley |
| Electors | 102,385 (2013)[1] |
| Area | 135 km2 (52.1 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer Metropolitan |
The Division of Chifley is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Ben Chifley, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1945–49.
The division is located in the western suburbs of Sydney. On its original boundaries it was based on Blacktown, but now includes the suburbs of Minchinbury, Mount Druitt and Rooty Hill.
The Member for Chifley, since the 2010 federal election, is Ed Husic, a member of the Australian Labor Party.
Chifley has been won by the Labor Party at every federal election since its creation in 1969, and at the 2007 federal election was one of Labor's safest seats.[2]
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| John Armitage | Labor | 1969–1983 | |
| Russ Gorman | Labor | 1983–1984 | |
| Roger Price | Labor | 1984–2010 | |
| Ed Husic | Labor | 2010–present | |
Election results
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Ed Husic | 43,044 | 52.30 | +0.72 | |
| Liberal | Isabelle White | 26,479 | 32.17 | +1.85 | |
| Palmer United | Christopher Buttel | 3,361 | 4.08 | +4.08 | |
| Christian Democrats | Dave Vincent | 2,862 | 3.48 | −1.58 | |
| Greens | Ben Hammond | 2,198 | 2.67 | −5.76 | |
| Independent | Ammar Khan | 1,749 | 2.13 | +2.13 | |
| One Nation | Elizabeth Power | 1,402 | 1.70 | −0.27 | |
| Democratic Labour | Michael Wright | 810 | 0.98 | +0.98 | |
| Australia First | Alex Norwick | 396 | 0.48 | −0.69 | |
| Total formal votes | 82,301 | 86.64 | −2.20 | ||
| Informal votes | 12,690 | 13.36 | +2.20 | ||
| Turnout | 94,991 | 92.78 | +0.09 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Ed Husic | 49,831 | 60.55 | −1.79 | |
| Liberal | Isabelle White | 32,470 | 39.45 | +1.79 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | −1.79 | |||
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