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

Werriwa 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 is 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, Horningsea Park, Hoxton Park, Ingleburn, Kemps Creek, Leumeah (part), Lurnea, Macquarie Fields, Miller, Minto, Prestons, Raby, St Andrews, Varroville and West Hoxton.

See the Division of Werriwa Map [PDF 282k].

Products/Industries of the area

The main industries are light manufacturing.

First Proclaimed/Election

1900/1901

Members

• Mark Latham (ALP) 1994-2005
• 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

Member's Electorate Address

See the Parliament of Australia website for the member's current contact details.

AEC - Divisional Office Address

Level 7
138 Queen St
CAMPBELLTOWN  NSW  2560

PO Box 820
CAMPBELLTOWN  NSW  2560

Ph: (02) 4627 1156
Fx: (02) 4628 0937

Demographic Rating

Outer Metropolitan

9 October 2004 Election Results

Elected Member:Mark Latham (ALP)
Enrolment:89,764
Informal Vote: 7.98%
Turnout: 93.92%
Seat Status:  Fairly Safe Labor
Two Party Preferred:
ALP: 59.31% 
LP: 40.69%

19 March 2005 By-election Results

Sitting Member:Chris Hayes (ALP)
Enrolment:90, 760
Informal Vote: 13.15%
Turnout: 85.16%
Seat Status: Safe Labor
Two Candidate Preferred:
ALP: 70.05%
IND: 29.95%