Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Bennelong, New South Wales
The Division of Bennelong was created in 1949. It is named for Bennelong (died 1813), an Eora Indigenous man befriended by Governor Phillip.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
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
2025: Eastwood, Epping, Gladesville, Ryde
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1949: Liberal 09.6
1951: Liberal 11.0
1954: Liberal 07.1
1955: Liberal 10.7
1958: Liberal 08.2
1961: Liberal 00.8
1963: Liberal 11.5
1966: Liberal 15.4
1969: Liberal 06.8
1972: Liberal 02.4
1974: Liberal 04.5
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1975: Liberal 12.8
1977: Liberal 13.4
1980: Liberal 08.4
1983: Liberal 06.7
1984: Liberal 08.5
1987: Liberal 10.6
1990: Liberal 10.3
1993: Liberal 03.2
1996: Liberal 10.1
1998: Liberal 05.1
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2001: Liberal 07.8
2004: Liberal 04.3
2007: Labor 01.4
2010: Liberal 03.1
2013: Liberal 07.8
2016: Liberal 09.7
2017b: Liberal 04.9
2019: Liberal 06.9
2022: Labor 01.0
2025: Labor 09.3
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1949-2025
Click here to see full results for Bennelong at every election since 1949.
MEMBERS FOR BENNELONG
Hon Sir John Cramer (Lib) 1949-74
Hon John Howard (Lib) 1974-2007
Hon Maxine McKew (ALP) 2007-10
John Alexander (Lib) 2010-17, 2017b-22
Jerome Laxale (ALP) 2022-
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| Hon Sir John Cramer (Lib) 1949-74 |
Hon John Howard (Lib) 1974-2007 |
Hon Maxine McKew (ALP) 2007-10 |
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| John Alexander (Lib) 2010-17, 2017-22 |
Jerome Laxale (ALP) 2022- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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