The Division of Mackellar is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney, on the Pacific coast, south of Broken Bay and the Hawkesbury River. It includes the suburbs of Narrabeen, Beacon Hill, Newport, Palm Beach and Terrey Hills.
The Division is named after Dorothea Mackellar, a 20th century Australian poet. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of May 11 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 Federal election. The seat is currently a safe Liberal seat. It was first held by William Wentworth IV, the first Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, and the great-grandson of politician and explorer William Wentworth, one of the first three Europeans to cross the Blue Mountains.
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Wentworth | Liberal | 1949—1977 | |
| Jim Carlton | Liberal | 1977—1994 | |
| Bronwyn Bishop | Liberal | 1994—present | |
| Australian federal election, 2004: Mackellar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 44,778 | 57.26 | -0.38 | |
| Labor | Chris Sharpe | 15,492 | 19.81 | +0.91 | |
| Greens | Christian Downie | 8,193 | 10.48 | +2.41 | |
| Independent | Robert Thomas Dunn | 6,050 | 7.74 | +7.74 | |
| Family First | Roz Trestrail | 1,318 | 1.69 | +1.69 | |
| Independent | Stephen Wells | 1,231 | 1.57 | +1.57 | |
| Democrats | Mario Nicotra | 1,133 | 1.45 | -8.01 | |
| Total formal votes | 78,195 | 95.24 | -0.10 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,905 | 4.76 | +0.10 | ||
| Turnout | 82,100 | 94.16 | -0.20 | ||
| 2-Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Chris Sharpe | 26,780 | 34.25 | +1.12 | |
| Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 51,415 | 65.75 | -1.12 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.12 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2001: Mackellar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 44,854 | 57.64 | +2.51 | |
| Labor | Ben Carpentier | 14,708 | 18.90 | +0.11 | |
| Democrats | Vicki Dimond | 7,365 | 9.46 | +0.01 | |
| Greens | Andrea Pape | 6,277 | 8.07 | +4.75 | |
| One Nation | Peter Cuthbertson | 2,182 | 2.80 | -4.18 | |
| Independent | George May | 1,265 | 1.63 | +1.63 | |
| Australians Against Further Immigration | Tom Moody | 1,171 | 1.50 | +1.50 | |
| Total formal votes | 77,822 | 95.34 | -1.14 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,801 | 4.66 | +1.14 | ||
| Turnout | 81,623 | 94.67 | |||
| 2-Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Liberal | Bronwyn Bishop | 52,039 | 66.87 | -0.26 | |
| Labor | Ben Carpentier | 25,783 | 33.13 | +0.26 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.26 | |||
| Electoral Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives in New South Wales |
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