HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDEX OF DIVISIONS ===================================================================== BENNELONG, New South Wales ===================================================================== Named for: Bennelong (died 1813), an Eora Indigenous man befriended by Governor Phillip --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1949 Redistributed 1955, 1969, 1977, 1984, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949: Artarmon, Gladesville, Lane Cove, Ryde 1955: Artarmon, Gladesville, Lane Cove, Ryde 1969: Gladesville, Mowbray, Lane Cove, North Ryde 1977: Gladesville, Lane Cove, Marsfield, Ryde 1984: Gladesville, Hunters Hill, Lane Cove, Ryde 1993: Eastwood, Gladesville, Hunters Hill, Ryde 2001: Eastwood, Epping, Meadowbank, Ryde 2007: Eastwood, Epping, Meadowbank, Ryde 2010: Eastwood, Epping, Meadowbank, Ryde 2016: Eastwood, Epping, Meadowbank, Ryde --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 41,853 1974 67,735 (+07.0) 1998 83,167 (+02.6) 1951 42,956 (+02.6) 1975 70,215 (+03.7) 2001* 86,668 (+04.2) 1954 44,755 (+04.2) 1977* 70,173 (-00.1) 2004 86,220 (-00.5) 1955* 45,321 (+01.3) 1980 72,177 (+02.9) 2007* 97,573 (+13.2) 1958 50,080 (+10.5) 1983 71,216 (-01.3) 2010* 98,900 (+01.4) 1961 53,561 (+07.0) 1984* 69,639 (-02.1) 2013 102,449 (+03.6) 1963 55,400 (+03.4) 1987 70,116 (+00.7) 2016* 105,962 (+03.4) 1966 57,349 (+03.5) 1990 69,161 (-01.4) 2019 108,872 (+02.7) 1969* 60,056 (+04.7) 1993* 79,036 (+14.3) 2022 114,922 (+05.7) 1972 63,322 (+05.4) 1996 81,033 (+02.5) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 -09.6 -11.0 -07.1 -10.7 -08.2 -00.8 -11.5 -15.4 -06.8 -02.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 -04.5 -12.8 -13.4 -08.4 -06.7 -08.5 -10.6 -10.3 -03.2 -10.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2017b 2019 2022 -05.1 -07.8 -04.3 +01.4 -03.1 -07.8 -09.7 -04.9 -06.9 +01.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir John Cramer (Lib) 1949-74 John Alexander (Lib) 2010-17, Hon John Howard (Lib) 1974-2007 2017b-22 Hon Maxine McKew (ALP) 2007-10 Jerome Laxale (ALP) 2022- ---------------------------------------------------------------------