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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Reid, New South Wales
Named for: Rt Hon Sir George Reid (1845-1918), NSW MP 1880-1901,
Premier 1894-99, federal MP 1901-09, Prime Minister 1904-05.
Inner western Sydney: Concord, Drummoyne, Lidcombe, Silverwater, Strathfield
State seats: All of
Drummoyne, parts of
Auburn and
Strathfield
Local government areas: All of
Canada Bay, parts of
Burwood,
Cumberland,
Inner West and
Strathfield
Borders with:
Bennelong,
Blaxland,
Grayndler,
Parramatta and
Watson
Enrolment at 2019 election: 108,964
Enrolment at 2022 election: 115,625 (+06.1)
1999 republic referendum: No 51.0
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 52.7
Sitting member: Dr Fiona Martin (Liberal):
Elected 2019
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 16.8%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 2.7%
2013 Liberal majority over Labor: 0.8%
2016 Liberal majority over Labor: 4.8%
2019 Liberal majority over Labor: 3.2%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Very marginal Liberal
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Strathfield West (70.5), Strathfield Central (69.8),
Breakfast Point (65.9), Mortlake (63.5), Concord West (60.4)
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Flemington (66.6), Ashfield North (63.3), Croydon North (61.7),
Lidcombe South (58.4), Homebush (56.8)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Sally Sitou
Australian Labor Party |
2. Sahar Khalili-Naghadeh
Fusion Party |
3. Edward Walters
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
4. Natalie Baini
Independent |
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5. Andrew Cameron
Liberal Democrats |
6. Dr Fiona Martin
Liberal Party |
7. Jamal Daoud
United Australia Party |
8. Charles Jago
Australian Greens |
Candidate websites:
Natalie Baini
Simeon Boikov
Andrew Cameron
Jamal Daoud
Charles Jago
Sahar Khalili
Dr Fiona Martin
Clinton Mead
Sally Sitou
Division of Reid
Reid was created in 1922, and for most of its history it occupied a block of western suburban Sydney, based on
the working-class suburbs of Granville and Auburn. Successive redistributions expanded the seat somewhat without
changing its character. But the 2010 redistribution shifted the seat eastwards following the abolition of
Lowe,
adding Concord and Drummoyne while losing Granville, and becoming a marginal seat for the first time. In fact,
the seat had more Lowe voters than Reid voters, and was only called Reid to preserve the name of a former
Prime Minister. Lowe was the seat of Prime Minister
Bill McMahon.
As a result of this change, the Liberals won Reid for the first time at the 2013 election.
The 2016 redistribution removed most of Auburn from the seat and added parts of Strathfield and Burwood,
increasing the Liberal majority further.
The old Reid was one of Australia's most heavily multi-cultural seats, with a very low level of median family
income, and a high proportion of families with dependent children. But the new Reid has a much older and more
middle-class demographic profile, taking in old established upper-income areas such as Concord.
The old Reid was held by a succession of Labor luminaries, including NSW Premier
Jack Lang, Whitlam Government
Minister
Tom Uren, and
Laurie Ferguson, who was a Parliamentary Secretary in the Rudd Government. In 2010
Ferguson contested
Werriwa so that
John Murphy, Labor MP for Lowe, could stand in Reid. Murphy won easily in
2010, but was defeated on a large swing to the Liberals in 2013.
Craig Laundy, elected in 2013, was a moderate
Liberal and a strong supporter of Prime Minister
Malcolm Turnbull. Following Turnbull's demise, he announced that he would not stand again.
Dr Fiona Martin, Liberal MP for Reid since 2019, has a PhD in psychology and was a child psychologist before
entering politics. She was born Fiona Barbouttis, and her Greek background is an asset in a multicultural seat.
But she sustained a swing against her in 2019 and this remains a highly marginal seat, one which Labor needs to
win in 2022. The Labor candidate is Sally Sitou, a media adviser and former staffer for Jason Clare. The Greens
candidate is Charles Jago, a Canada Bay Councillor.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,898 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 12.6% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 43.7% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Chinese 18.2%, Italian 7.6%, Korean 5.6%
Non-English-speaking households: 56.4% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 26.8% (Australia 22.6%)
Hindu 7.1%
No religion 28.3% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 37.6% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 47.0% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 15.7% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 28.1% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 41.5% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 34.5% (Australia 32.8%)
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