Commonwealth Electoral Division of Wentworth (NSW)

Updated: 24 October 2011

Boundary gazetted 22 December 2009

Division name: Wentworth

State: New South Wales

Status: Current, boundary gazetted 22 December 2009 (former divisional profile)

Contact details: Contact the Wentworth AEC divisional office

Name derivation: Named after William Charles Wentworth (1790–1872), a noted Australian explorer and statesman. He accompanied Blaxland and Lawson on their crossing of the Blue Mountains.

Size & location description: Wentworth covers an area of approximately 30 sq km from Woolloomooloo Bay along the southern shore of Sydney Harbour to Watson's Bay and down the coast to Clovelly. The western boundary runs along South Dowling Street, Flinders Street, Oxford Street, Riley Street, Boomerang Place, Haig Lane, Sir John Young Crescent, Lincoln Crescent and Woolloomooloo Bay. The main suburbs include Bellevue Hill, Bondi, Bondi Beach, Bondi Junction, Bronte, Centennial Park, Darling Point, Dover Heights, Double Bay, Edgecliff, Elizabeth Bay, North Bondi, Paddington, Point Piper, Queens Park, Rose Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Tamarama, Vaucluse, Watson's Bay, Waverley, Woollahra and parts of Clovelly, Darlinghurst, Moore Park, Randwick and Woolloomooloo. In terms of area, the division of Wentworth is the smallest division in Australia.

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Products/industries of the area: Finance, property, service, wholesale and retail trade, tourism, education, sport and recreation.

First proclaimed/election: 1900/1901

Demographic rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

  • Turnbull, M (LP) 2004–
  • King, P (LP) 2001–2004
  • Thomson, A (LP) 1995–2001
  • Hewson, J (LP) 1987–1995
  • Coleman, P (LP) 1981–1987
  • Ellicott, R J (LP) 1974–1981
  • Bury, L H E (LP) 1956–1974
  • Harrison, E J (UAP/LP) 1931–1956
  • Marks, W M (NP) 1919–1931
  • Kelly, W H (FT/ANTI-SOC/LIB/NAT) 1903–1919
  • McMillan, W (FT) 1901–1903

Current Member Details: Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Further information:

For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status.