Division of Mackellar

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.

Members

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

Division of Mackellar. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. (PDF, 191 kB)

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