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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Whitlam, New South Wales
South of Sydney: Berkeley, Bowral, Dapto, Moss Vale, Shellharbour
State seats: Parts of
Goulburn,
Kiama,
Shellharbour,
Wollondilly and
Wollongong
Local government areas: All of Shellharbour, parts of Wingecarribee and Wollongong
Enrolment at close of rolls: 118,815
1999 republic referendum: No 53.1
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 62.3
Sitting member: Stephen Jones (Labor):
Elected 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 23.5% *
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 12.1% *
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 7.8% *
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 13.7%
* as Throsby
Status: Safe Labor
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Angelo Cuda
United Australia Party |
2. Frank Nero
Christian Democratic Party |
3. Stephen Wentworth
The Nationals |
4. Stephen Jones
Australian Labor Party |
5. Jamie Dixon
Australian Greens |
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6. Ken Davis
Sustainable Australia |
Candidate websites:
Jamie Dixon
Stephen Jones
Stephen Wentworth
Division of Whitlam
Whitlam was created by the 2016 redistribution, when the old seat of Throsby was renamed. Throsby was created in
1984, taking in the southern part of the Illawarra mining and industrial area, centered on Port Kembla,
although Port Kembla itself is now back in Cunningham. Whitlam is centred on Woolongong suburbs such as Berkeley
and Dapto, Shellharbour (transferred back from Gilmore), and inland towns such as Mittgong and Moss Vale. The
inland areas are politically marginal, the rest of the seat solidly Labor.
Whitlam is a largely working-class seat, with a relatively low level of median family income, and low levels of
university graduates and of people in professional and managerial employment. But like most regional working-class
seats, it is largely monocultural, with no significant ethnic minorities and a low level of non English speaking
households.
Stephen Jones, Labor MP for Throsby 2010-16 and for Whitlam since 2016, is a lawyer who was national secretary
of the Community and Public Sector Union before his election.
The Liberals are not contesting the seat. The Nationals candidate was James Harker-Mortlock, a grazier from Bango, but he withdrew on 20 April,
after he was unable to document that he had renounced his British citizenship. His last-minute replacement is Stephen
Wentworth, a Bowral-based agricultural consultant. The Greens candidate is Jamie Dixon,
an alpaca shearer.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,303 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 19.8% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 3.4% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 76.6% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 13.3% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 26.3% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 24.9% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 12.8% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 26.1% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 29.0% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 34.4% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 24.5% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 33.1% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
Colin Hollis (ALP) 1984-2001
Jennie George (ALP) 2001-10
Stephen Jones (ALP) 2010-
Boundaries following 2016 redistribution:
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