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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Macquarie, New South Wales
West of Sydney: Glenbrook, Katoomba, Richmond, Springwood, Windsor
State seats: All of
Blue Mountains, parts of
Hawkesbury and
Penrith
Local government areas: All of Blue Mountains and Hawkesbury, parts of Wollondilly
Enrolment at close of rolls: 108,039
1999 republic referendum: No 55.9
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 63.9
Sitting member: Susan Templeman (Labor):
Elected 2016
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 7.0%
2010 Liberal majority over Labor: 1.3%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.5%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 2.2%
Status: Very marginal Labor
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Tennyson (80.3), Pitt Town (76.4), Oakville (76.1), Cattai (75.1),
Maraylya (72.3)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Katoomba Central (76.5), Katoomba (76.4), Katoomba North (74.3), Hazlebrook (71.3),
Lawson (69.2)
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Sarah Richards
Liberal Party |
2. Kingsley Liu
Australian Greens |
3. Susan Templeman
Australian Labor Party |
4. Greg Keightley
Animal Justice Party |
5. Tony Pettit
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Kingsley Liu
Sarah Richards
Susan Templeman
Division of Macquarie
Macquarie has existed since Federation, and from 1901 to 1977 it was a regional seat based on
Bathurst, Australia's oldest inland city. On these boundaries it was a Labor seat more often
than not - its most distinguished member was Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley. The 1977
redistribution made it a Blue Mountains and Penrith seat, and the 1984 redistribution removed
Penrith and added the Hawkesbury, a strong Liberal area. The 2007 redistribution turned it back
into a Bathurst-based seat, but the 2010 redistribution reversed this change.
Macquarie has a high level of median family income and a fairly high proportion of people in
professional occupations, reflecting the popularity of the Blue Mountains and the Hawkesbury for
affluent exurbanites. It also has fairly high levels of families with dependent children and of
dwellings being purchased, making it to some extent a mortgage belt seat.
Macquarie is one of the most sharply polarised seats in Australia. The Liberals dominate
the Hawkesbury area around Richmond and Windsor, polling over 60% of the two-party vote in most booths, while
Labor's wins every polling place in the Blue Mountains by wide margins, polling over 70% of the two-party vote
in Katoomba.
Kerry Bartlett won Richmond in 1996 and was Government Whip in the Howard Government. The 2007
redistribution rendered his position hopeless and he was defeated by Bob Debus, a former long-serving
state MP and minister. Debus was a minister in the first Rudd government, but following the 2010
redistribution he retired, and the seat went to Louise Markus, who had been elected for Greenway in
2004. She was a member of the Opposition Shadow minister from 2007 to 2010 but was not promoted
during the Abbott-Turnbull Government. In 2016 she was defeated in that year's sharp swing to Labor in
western Sydney.
Susan Templeman, Labor MP for Macquarie since 2016, also contested the seat in 2010 and 2013. She is
a former journalist who ran a media training consultancy. With a majority of 2.2% she cannot be seen
as secure in this seat, but she has had three years to entrench herself.
The Liberal candidate is Sarah Richards, a Hawkesbury Shire councillor. The Greens candidate is
Kingsley Liu, a lawyer.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,556 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 17.1% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 3.0% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 79.6% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 9.0% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 23.3% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 30.3% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 21.0% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 34.7% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 27.5% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 2.1% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 40.4% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 20.9% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 35.1% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Hon Sydney Smith (FT, AS) 1901-06
Ernest Carr (ALP, Nat) 1906-17
Samuel Nicholls (ALP) 1917-22
Arthur Manning (Nat) 1922-28
Hon Ben Chifley (ALP) 1928-31
Hon John Lawson (UAP) 1931-40
Rt Hon Ben Chifley (ALP) 1940-51
Tony Luchetti (ALP) 1951b-75
Reg Gillard (Lib) 1975-80
Ross Free (ALP) 1980-84
Alasdair Webster (Lib) 1984-93
Maggie Deahm (ALP) 1993-96
Kerry Bartlett (Lib) 1996-2007
Hon Bob Debus (ALP) 2007-10
Louise Markus (Lib) 2010-16
Susan Templeman (ALP) 2016-
Boundaries following 2016 redistribution:
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