2001 Profile of the division of Werriwa

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State:

New South Wales

Name Derivation:

Named after the Aboriginal name for Lake George, which was located in the division in 1901.

Area and Location Description:

It covers an area of approximately 168 sq km from Raby, St Andrews and parts of Leumeah in the south to Kemps Creek, Cecil Hills, Green Valley, Miller, Cartwright, Lurnea and Casula in the north and bounded by the Georges River to the east and generally by South Creek, Kemps Creek and the Camden/Campbelltown Council boundary to the west.

The main suburbs include Austral, Cartwright, Casula, Cecil Hills, Denham Court, Edmondson Park, Glenfield, Green Valley, Hinchinbrook, Hoxton Park, Ingleburn, Kemps Creek, Leumeah (part), Lurnea, Macquarie Fields, Miller, Minto, Prestons, Raby, St Andrews and Varroville.

Products/Industries of the area:

The main industries are light manufacturing.

First Proclaimed

1900/1901

Members

Mark Latham (ALP) 1994–

J C Kerin (ALP) 1978–93

E G Whitlam (ALP) 1952–78

H P Lazzarini (ALP) 1934–52

W R McNicoll (CP) 1931–34

H P Lazzarini (ALP) 1919–31

J Lynch (ALP/NAT) 1914–19

A H Conroy (LIB) 1913–14

B H Bennett (ALP) 1912–13

D R Hall (ALP) 1906–12

A H Conroy (FT) 1901–06

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AEC – Divisional Office Contact Numbers and Addresses

Demographic Rating

Outer Metropolitan

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 81 573 Informal Vote: 4.88% Turnout: 94.54% Seat Status: Safe Labor Two Party Preferred: ALP: 62.67% LP: 37.33%	Enrolment: 83 743 Informal Vote: Republic Question 1.08% Preamble Question 1.22% Turnout: Republic Question 94.54% Preamble Question 94.52%	Enrolment: 83 153 Informal Vote: 8.51% Turnout: 93.97% Seat Status: Fairly Safe Labor Two Party Preferred: ALP: 58.49% LP: 41.51%