HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDEX OF DIVISIONS ===================================================================== LANG, New South Wales ===================================================================== Named for: Rev John Lang (1799-1878), early advocate of Australian independence, NSW MP 1843-47, 1850-51, 1854-56, 1859-69 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1901 Redistributed 1906, 1913, 1922, 1934, 1949, 1955, 1969 Abolished 1977 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901: Kogarah, Livingstone, Marrickville, Rockdale 1906: Hurstville, Kogarah, Marrickville, Rockdale 1913: Arncliffe, Livingstone, Marrickville, Petersham 1922: Marrickville, Lewisham, Petersham, Sydenham 1934: Arncliffe, Belmore, Earlwood, Lakemba 1949: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Harcourt 1955: Bankstown East, Belmore, Lakemba, Punchbowl 1969: Belmore, Campsie, Lakemba, Punchbowl --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 12,003 1928 46,638 (-03.2) 1954 44,928 (+02.7) 1903 38,896 (+224.1) 1929 47,493 (+01.8) 1955* 45,087 (+00.4) 1906* 28,885 (-25.7) 1931 46,951 (-01.1) 1958 47,600 (+05.6) 1910 37,456 (+29.7) 1934* 56,519 (+20.4) 1961 47,792 (+00.4) 1913* 44,628 (+19.1) 1937 59,308 (+04.9) 1963 46,731 (-02.2) 1914 49,237 (+10.3) 1940 65,137 (+09.8) 1966 48,075 (+02.9) 1917 50,373 (+02.3) 1943 71,316 (+09.5) 1969* 55,268 (+15.0) 1919 49,657 (-01.4) 1946 77,655 (+08.9) 1972 56,110 (+01.5) 1922* 42,500 (-14.4) 1949* 42,415 (-45.4) 1974 63,394 (+13.0) 1925 48,192 (+13.4) 1951 43,726 (+03.1) 1975 62,908 (-00.8) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1917 1919 1922 1925 - na - na -20.4 -01.0 -07.1 -03.5 -10.4 -07.3 -04.4 -05.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 1929 1931 1934 1937 1940 1943 1946 1949 1951 +03.5 +16.2 -04.2 +07.1 +02.6 +16.0 +21.0 +14.6 +04.7 +03.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1953b 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 1974 +06.7 +04.6 +10.3 +11.5 +16.3 +08.6 +01.5 +11.7 +11.4 +16.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 +07.4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Francis McLean (FT) 1901-03 Adam Dein (UAP) 1931-34 Hon Sir Elliot Johnson (FT, AS, Daniel Mulcahy (ALP-NSW, ALP, Lib, Nat) 1903-28 ALP-NC, ALP) 1934-53 William Long (ALP) 1928-31 Hon Frank Stewart (ALP) 1953b-77 ---------------------------------------------------------------------