Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Macquarie, New South Wales
The Division of Macquarie was created in 1901. It is named for Col Lachlan Macquarie (1762-1824), Governor of NSW 1809-21.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Bathurst, Blayney, Cowra, Wallerawang
1906: Bathurst, Blayney, Orange, Wallerawang
1913: Blayney, Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith
1922: Bathurst, Lithgow, Penrith, Portland
1934: Bathurst, Katoomba, Lithgow, Penrith
1949: Bathurst, Katoomba, Lithgow, Portland
1955: Bathurst, Lawson, Lithgow, Penrith
1969: Bathurst, Blaxland, Lithgow, Penrith
1977: Blaxland, Cambridge Park, Penrith, St Marys
1984: Katoomba, Lawson, Richmond, Windsor
1993: Katoomba, Lawson, Richmond, Windsor
2001: Katoomba, Lawson, Richmond, Windsor
2007: Bathurst, Katoomba, Lithgow, Springwood
2010: Katoomba, Richmond, Springwood, Windsor
2016: Katoomba, Richmond, Springwood, Windsor
2025: Katoomba, Richmond, Springwood, Windsor
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Free Trade 03.9 *
1903: Free Trade 04.0 *
1906: Labor 01.3
1910: Labor 06.5
1913: Labor 01.6
1914: Labor 03.3
1917: Labor 00.0
1919: Labor 03.2
1922: Nationalist 00.2
1925: Nationalist 01.3
1928: Labor 04.9
1929: Labor 15.6
1931: United Australia 00.6
1934: United Australia 03.4
1937: United Australia 02.1
1940: Labor 08.1
1943: Labor 18.8
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1946: Labor 10.5
1949: Labor 11.0
1951: Labor 11.8
1951b: Labor 11.0
1954: Labor 13.5
1955: Labor 08.3
1958: Labor 09.2
1961: Labor 14.1
1963: Labor 07.6
1966: Labor 04.2
1969: Labor 12.6
1972: Labor 10.6
1974: Labor 08.7
1975: Liberal 01.6
1977: Liberal 01.7
1980: Labor 02.8
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1983: Labor 11.8
1984: Liberal 01.4
1987: Liberal 05.8
1990: Liberal 03.6
1993: Labor 00.1
1996: Liberal 06.4
1998: Liberal 04.1
2001: Liberal 08.7
2004: Liberal 08.9
2007: Labor 07.0
2010: Liberal 01.3
2013: Liberal 04.5
2016: Labor 02.2
2019: Labor 00.2
2022: Labor 07.8
2025: Labor 07.7
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* Majority over Protectionist
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Macquarie at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR MACQUARIE
Hon Sydney Smith (FT, AS) 1901-06
Ernest Carr (ALP, Nat) 1906-17
Samuel Nicholls (ALP) 1917-22
Arthur Manning (Nat) 1922-28
Hon Ben Chifley (ALP) 1928-31
Hon John Lawson (UAP) 1931-40
Rt Hon Ben Chifley (ALP) 1940-51
Tony Luchetti (ALP) 1951b-75
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Reg Gillard (Lib) 1975-80
Ross Free (ALP) 1980-84
Alasdair Webster (Lib) 1984-93
Maggie Deahm (ALP) 1993-96
Kerry Bartlett (Lib) 1996-2007
Hon Bob Debus (ALP) 2007-10
Louise Markus (Lib) 2010-16
Susan Templeman (ALP) 2016-
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| Hon Sydney Smith (FT, AS) 1901-06 |
Ernest Carr (ALP, Nat) 1906-17 |
Samuel Nicholls (ALP) 1917-22 |
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| Arthur Manning (Nat) 1922-28 |
Hon Ben Chifley (ALP) 1928-31 |
Hon John Lawson (UAP) 1931-40 |
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| Rt Hon Ben Chifley (ALP) 1940-51 |
Tony Luchetti (ALP) 1951-75 |
Reg Gillard (Lib) 1975-80 |
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| Ross Free (ALP) 1980-84 |
Alasdair Webster (Lib) 1984-93 |
Maggie Deahm (ALP) 1993-96 |
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| Kerry Bartlett (Lib) 1996-2007 |
Hon Bob Debus (ALP) 2007-10 |
Louise Markus (Lib) 2010-16 |
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| Susan Templeman (ALP) 2016- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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