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| Australian federal election, 2 July 2016
Division of Werriwa, New South Wales
South-western Sydney: Bonnyrigg, Casula, Macquarie Fields, West Hoxton
Sitting member: Hon Laurie Ferguson (Labor), elected 1990
Enrolment at close of rolls: 108,593
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 2.2%
2016 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 6.5%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Ned Mannoun
Liberal Party |
2. Daniel Edwards
Christian Democrats |
3. Signe Westerberg
Australian Greens |
4. Anne Stanley
Australian Labor Party |
2013 results
Statistics and history
Werriwa has existed since Federation, but its boundaries and character have been changed probably more radically and more often than those of
any other Federation seat. In 1901 it was a rural seat based on Goulburn. In the 1930s it was a South Coast seat based on Wollongong. After
1949 it became a Sydney suburban seat based in Liverpool, then an outer Sydney seat based on Campbelltown. Now it been drawn back into Sydney
and is based on Casula and Macquarie Fields.
Since the 1920s Werriwa has usually been a safe Labor seat, having last elected a non-Labor member in 1931. Werriwa has a fairly high median
family income, but couples this with among the country's highest proportions of families with dependent children and dwellings being purchased:
making it a classic mortgage belt seat. It has a very low level of people in professional occupations and a high level of people born in non
English speaking countries.
The most prominent member for Werriwa has been Gough Whitlam, Labor Leader from 1967 to 1977 and Prime Minister from 1972 to 1975. Mark Latham
won the seat in 1994 and was Labor Leader from 2003 to 2005, quitting politics after his defeat at the 2004 election. The 2005 by- election was
won by Chris Hayes. After 2010 redistribution, Hayes moved to Fowler and Laurie Ferguson transferred to Werriwa.
Laurie Ferguson, Labor MP for Reid from 1990 to 2010 and for Werriwa since 2010, was a union research officer before being elected to the NSW
Legislative Assembly in 1984. His father Jack was Deputy Premier of NSW and his brother Martin was ACTU President and a Victorian federal MP.
In 1990 he succeeded Tom Uren as MP for Reid, and he was a Parliamentary Secretary in the first Rudd Government. After the 2010 redistribution
made Reid a marginal seat he moved to Werriwa. He is retiring in 2016.
Anne Stanley, Ferguson's successor as Labor candidate, is a member of Liverpool City Council and has worked in the finance industry for many years.
The Liberal candidate is Ned Mannoun, the Mayor of Liverpool. The Labor majority in 2013 was a modest 2.2, but the 2016 redistribution has added
a large area of solid Labor territory around Green Valley, pushing the Labor majority up to 6.5%, and making Werriwa again a secure Labor seat.
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