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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Parramatta, New South Wales
Western Sydney: Dundas, Granville, Parramatta, Toongabbie
Sitting member: Julie Owens (Labor), elected 2004
Enrolment at close of rolls: 101,574
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 00.6%
2016 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 1.3%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Phil Bradley
Australian Greens |
2. Mahesh Raj
Independent |
3. Julie Owens
Australian Labor Party |
4. Keith Piper
Christian Democrats |
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5. Mark A Guest
Liberal Democratic Party |
6. Mikaela Wu
Family First |
7. Andrew Driessen
Online Direct Democracy |
8. Michael Beckwith
Liberal Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Parramatta has existed since Federation, although its boundaries have been radically changed several times. From 1901 to 1977 it was essentially
a North Shore seat, and was a reliable non-Labor seat, being lost only in the Labor landslide year of 1929. Among its early members was Liberal
Prime Minister Joe Cook. The 1977 redistribution extended the seat to the west, making it a fairly safe Labor seat. In 1993 it was shifted back
to include Carlingford and Ermington, and became the marginal seat it has been since.
Parramatta has a high level of median family income and a high proportion of people in professional occupations. It also has a high proportion of
people born in non English speaking countries. This combination suggests that Parramatta is becoming an inner-city multicultural seat, which explains
Labor's increasing strength. Although Parramatta has a high proportion of families with dependent children, it has a very low proportion of dwellings
being purchased: this is an electorate of flat-dwellers (30%) and home-owners.
Members for Parramatta have included Liberal Cabinet ministers Sir Garfield Barwick, Sir Nigel Bowen and John Brown. Ross Cameron won Parramatta for
the Liberals in 1996. Cameron, a capable, ambitious and very conservative member, was brought undone in 2004 when he had to admit to an extra-marital
affair - it was his hypocrisy rather than his infidelity which angered voters - and he was narrowly defeated by Labor's Julie Owens, who has held the
seat since.
Julie Owens, Labor MP for Parramatta since 2004, was CEO of the Association of Independent Record Labels before entering politics. She has been a
shadow parliamentary secretary since 2013: currently Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and for Early Childhood Education. Owens was
only very narrowly re-elected in 2013, but the 2016 redistribution has extended Parramatta to the north-west, increasing the Labor majority to 1.3%. The Liberal candidate will be Michael Beckwith,
development operations manager for Lend Lease.
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