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Australian federal election, 2022
Division of Werriwa, New South Wales
Named for: Indigenous name for Lake George, near Goulburn, which was in the Division on its 1901
boundaries. *
South-western Sydney: Bonnyrigg, Casula, Macquarie Fields, Sadleir, West Hoxton
State seats: Parts of
Cabramatta,
Camden,
Holsworthy,
Liverpool,
Macquarie Fields and
Mulgoa
Local government areas: Parts of
Campbelltown and
Liverpool
Borders with:
Fowler,
Hughes,
Hume,
Lindsay,
Macarthur and
McMahon
Enrolment at 2019 election: 117,739
Enrolment at 2022 election: 126,141 (+07.1)
1999 republic referendum: No 58.2
2018 same-sex marriage survey: No 63.7
Sitting member: Anne Stanley (Labor):
Elected 2016, 2019
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 15.2%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 6.8%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 2.2%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 8.2%
2019 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.5%
Liberal two-party vote 1983-2019
Status: Marginal Labor
Best Labor booths, two-party vote: Macquarie Fields Central (73.2), Macquarie Fields East (71.3),
Sadleir (70.9), Green Valley East (70.7), Ashcroft (69.4)
Best Liberal booths, two-party vote: Kemps Creek (74.9), Rossmore (72.6), Bringelly (71.5),
Denham Court (66.1), Austral (65.0)
2019 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Victor Tey
Liberal Democrats |
2. Tony Nikolic
United Australia Party |
3. Anne Stanley
Australian Labor Party |
4. Apurva Shukla
Australian Greens |
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5. Sam Kayal
Liberal Party |
6. Adam Booke
Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
Candidate websites:
Sam Kayal
Tony Nikolic
Apurva Shukla
Anne Stanley
Victor Tey
Division of Werriwa
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.
It is also a very multicultural area, with increasing numbers of Indian and
Vietnamese residents. Werriwa has the lowest proportion of residents claiming "no religion" of any seat in Australia.
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 the
2010 redistribution, Hayes moved to
Fowler and the Labor veteran
Laurie Ferguson transferred from
Reid to
Werriwa, before retiring in 2016.
Anne Stanley, Labor MP for Werriwa since 2016, was a member of Liverpool City Council and worked in the finance
industry for many years. The Labor majority in 2013 was a modest 2.2%, but the 2016 redistribution added
a large area of solid Labor territory around Green Valley, pushing up the Labor majority. There was a swing to the Liberals
in 2019 and the seat is technically marginal, but it is hard to see Labor actually losing it. The Greens candidate is
Apurva Shukla, whos occupation is not stated.
* Lake George was named in 1820 by Governor Macquarie in honour of King George III. When the Divison was
first proposed in 1900 it was stated that Werriwa was the Indigenous name for the lake, although there is no
newspaper reference to this fact before 1900. The lake has not been in the Division since the 1913 redistribution.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: 1,572$ (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 10.1% (Australia 15.8%)
Australian born: 51.6% (Australia 66.7%)
Ancestry: Italian 5.6%, Vietnamese 5.4%, Indian 5.1%
Non-English-speaking households: 59.5% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 29.1% (Australia 22.6%)
Muslim 12.7%, Buddhism 7.5%
No religion 11.1% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 15.2% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 25.5% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 28.6% (Australia 22.9%)
Paying a mortgage: 42.9% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 28.4% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 52.3% (Australia 32.8%)
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