Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Wentworth, New South Wales
The Division of Wentworth was created in 1901. It is named for William Wentworth (1790-1872), explorer, newspaper publisher, agitator against transportation and for self-government, NSW MP 1843-54, 1861-62.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1901: Bondi, Waverley, Randwick, Woollahra
1906: Bondi, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra
1913: Bondi, Randwick, Waverley, Woollahra
1922: Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Waverley, Woollahra
1934: Bondi, Rose Bay, Waverley, Woollahra
1949: Bellevue Hill, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Woollahra
1955: Darlinghurst, Rose Bay, Vaucluse, Woollahra
1969: Bellevue Hill, Double Bay, Potts Point, Rose Bay
1977: Bellevue Hill, Potts Point, Rose Bay, Vaucluse
1984: Darlinghurst, Paddington, Rose Bay, Vaucluse
1993: Bondi, Randwick, Vaucluse, Woollahra
2001: Bondi, Randwick, Vaucluse, Woollahra
2007: Bondi, East Sydney, Vaucluse, Woollahra
2010: Bondi, East Sydney, Vaucluse, Woollahra
2016: Bondi, East Sydney, Vaucluse, Woollahra
2025: Bondi, Vaucluse, Waverley, Woollahra
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1901: Free Trade 18.4 *1
1903: Free Trade 21.8 *1
1906: Anti-Socialist 23.2
1910: Liberal 11.0
1913: Liberal 11.7
1914: Liberal 06.5
1917: Nationalist 18.5
1919: Nationalist 11.5
1922: Nationalist 11.9
1925: Nationalist 14.4
1928: Nationalist 11.8
1929: Independent 08.3 *2
1931: United Australia 15.8 *3
1934: United Australia 21.0
1937: United Australia 17.4
1940: United Australia 15.8
1943: United Australia 01.6
1946: Liberal 05.3
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1949: Liberal 25.1
1951: Liberal 25.7
1954: Liberal unopposed
1955: Liberal 08.9
1956b: Liberal 01.6 *3
1958: Liberal 25.3
1961: Liberal 19.9
1963: Liberal 25.1
1966: Liberal 29.5
1969: Liberal 13.5
1972: Liberal 08.3
1974: Liberal 13.6
1975: Liberal 19.6
1977: Liberal 14.4
1980: Liberal 13.0
1981b: Liberal 09.6
1983: Liberal 12.4
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1984: Liberal 06.3
1987: Liberal 08.0
1990: Liberal 07.2
1993: Liberal 05.5
1995b: Liberal 15.9 *4
1996: Liberal 07.8
1998: Liberal 06.4
2001: Liberal 08.0
2004: Liberal 05.5
2007: Liberal 03.8
2010: Liberal 14.9
2013: Liberal 17.7
2016: Liberal 17.7
2018b: Independent 01.2 *5
2019: Liberal 01.3 *3
2022: Independent 04.2 *5
2025: Independent 08.3 *5
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*1 Majority over Protectionist
*2 Majority over Nationalist
*3 Majority over independent
*4 Majority over Greens
*5 Majority over Liberal
ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1901-2025
Click here to see full results for Wentworth at every election since 1901.
MEMBERS FOR WENTWORTH
Hon Sir William McMillan (FT) 1901-03
Hon William Kelly (FT, AS, Lib, Nat) 1903-19
Walter Marks (Nat, Ind, UAP) 1919-31
Rt Hon Sir Eric Harrison (UAP, Lib) 1931-56
Hon Leslie Bury (Lib) 1956b-74
Hon Robert Ellicott (Lib) 1974-81
Peter Coleman (Lib) 1981b-87
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Dr John Hewson (Lib) 1987-95
Hon Andrew Thomson (Lib) 1995b-2001
Peter King (Lib) 2001-04
Hon Malcolm Turnbull (Lib) 2004-18
Dr Kerryn Phelps (Ind) 2018-19
Dave Sharma (Lib) 2019-22
Allegra Spender (Ind) 2022-
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| Hon Sir William McMillan (FT) 1901-03 |
Hon William Kelly (FT, AS, Lib, Nat) 1903-19 |
Walter Marks (Nat, Ind, UAP) 1919-31 |
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| Rt Hon Sir Eric Harrison (UAP, Lib) 1931-56 |
Hon Leslie Bury (Lib) 1956-74 |
Hon Robert Ellicott (Lib) 1974-81 |
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| Peter Coleman (Lib) 1981-87 |
Dr John Hewson (Lib) 1987-95 |
Hon Andrew Thomson (Lib) 1995-2001 |
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| Peter King (Lib) 2001-04 |
Hon Malcolm Turnbull (Lib) 2004-18 |
Dr Kerryn Phelps (Ind) 2018-19 |
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| Dave Sharma (Lib) 2019-22 |
Allegra Spender (Ind) 2022- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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