HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES INDEX OF DIVISIONS ===================================================================== ST GEORGE / WATSON, New South Wales ===================================================================== * St George named for: Sydney district of St George, originally a Parish (a division of the County of Cumberland) * Watson named for: Hon Chris Watson (1867-1941), NSW MP 1894-1901, federal MP 1901-10, Prime Minister 1904 (first Labor Prime Minister) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Created 1949 Redistributed 1955, 1969, 1977, 1984, 1993 (renamed Watson), 2001, 2007, 2010, 2016 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949: Arncliffe, Bexley, Hurstville, Rockdale 1955: Arncliffe, Bexley, Hurstville, Kingsgrove 1969: Arncliffe, Bexley, Carlton, Earlwood 1977: Bexley, Earlwood, Hurstville, Kingsgrove 1984: Arcliffe, Earlwood, Hurstville, Rockdale 1993: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Lakemba 2001: Belmore, Campsie, Earlwood, Lakemba 2007: Belmore, Earlwood, Hurstville, Lakemba 2010: Burwood, Campsie, Canterbury, Lakemba 2016: Campsie, Canterbury, Greenacre, Lakemba --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 40,407 1974 60,120 (+05.9) 1998 80,891 (+03.3) 1951 40,435 (+00.1) 1975 61,230 (+01.8) 2001* 81,627 (+00.9) 1954 39,880 (-01.4) 1977* 72,094 (+17.7) 2004 81,819 (+00.2) 1955* 44,811 (+12.4) 1980 70,628 (-02.0) 2007* 94,661 (+15.7) 1958 44,396 (-00.9) 1983 69,858 (-01.1) 2010* 97,765 (+03.3) 1961 44,276 (-00.3) 1984* 70,142 (+00.4) 2013 101,329 (+03.6) 1963 43,668 (-01.4) 1987 70,282 (+00.2) 2016* 105,422 (+04.0) 1966 43,523 (-00.3) 1990 69,074 (-01.7) 2019 107,774 (+02.2) 1969* 58,232 (+33.8) 1993* 76,961 (+11.4) 2022 108,714 (+00.9) 1972 56,749 (-02.5) 1996 78,312 (+01.8) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Two-party majorities --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 1951 1954 1955 1958 1961 1963 1966 1969 1972 -02.0 -01.6 +02.7 -02.4 +00.1 +04.9 -02.3 -09.5 +00.1 +05.0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 1975 1977 1980 1983 1984 1987 1990 1993 1996 +05.8 -00.0 -02.0 +06.1 +10.5 +06.5 +03.7 +07.8 +14.8 +11.7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013 2016 2019 2022 +17.5 +17.3 +15.1 +20.3 +09.1 +06.8 +17.6 +13.5 +15.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Members --------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Graham (Lib) 1949-54 Maurice Neil (Lib) 1975-80 Hon Nelson Lemmon (ALP) 1954-55 Hon Bill Morrison (ALP) 1980-84 Bill Graham (Lib) 1955-58 Stephen Dubois (ALP) 1984-93 Lionel Clay (ALP) 1958-63 Hon Leo McLeay (ALP) 1993-2004 Leonard Bosman (Lib) 1963-69 Hon Tony Burke (ALP) 2004- Hon Bill Morrison (ALP) 1969-75 ---------------------------------------------------------------------