Division of Kingsford Smith

The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the first pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean.^[2] The Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney International), and the suburb of Kingsford, which are both in the division, are also named after him. The division was set up in 1949.

Kingsford Smith Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Kingsford Smith (green) in New South Wales
Created	1949
MP	Matt Thistlethwaite
Party	Labor
Namesake	Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Electors	102,418 (2013)[1]
Area	127 km2 (49.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

Charles Kingsford Smith

The division covers the southern end of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, on the north shore of Botany Bay, and the coast of the Tasman Sea. It includes Coogee, Randwick, Maroubra, Mascot, Botany, Malabar and Kensington.^[2]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Gordon Anderson	Labor	1949–1955
	Dan Curtin	Labor	1955–1969
	Lionel Bowen	Labor	1969–1990
	Laurie Brereton	Labor	1990–2004 (resigned)
	Peter Garrett	Labor	2004–2013 (resigned)
	Matt Thistlethwaite	Labor	2013–present

Lionel Bowen was a minister in the Whitlam government and the Deputy Prime Minister under Bob Hawke. Laurie Brereton was a minister in the Keating government. Peter Garrett was the lead singer of the Australian band Midnight Oil, and a former President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. He served as the Minister for the Environment and Minister for Education. Garrett retired at the 2013 election.^[3] He was replaced by Matt Thistlethwaite who had been a member of the Senate.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Kingsford Smith[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	46,697	47.91	+2.74
	Liberal	Grace Tan	27,929	28.66	−7.77
	Greens	Stuart Davis	16,401	16.83	+4.73
	United Australia	Anthony Tawaf	3,388	3.48	+1.73
	One Nation	Darrin Marr	3,051	3.13	+3.13
Total formal votes			97,466	95.52	+1.31
Informal votes			4,572	4.48	−1.31
Turnout			102,038	88.50	−1.67
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Matt Thistlethwaite	62,868	64.50	+5.69
	Liberal	Grace Tan	34,598	35.50	−5.69
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.69

References

1. "NSW Division - Kingsford Smith, NSW". Virtual Tally Room, Election 2013. Australian Electoral Commission. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
2. "Division Profile". vtr.aec.gov.au. 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
3. "Garrett quits as Rudd returns". Nine News. AAP. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
4. Kingsford Smith, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

Other websites

• Division of Kingsford Smith - Australian Electoral Commission

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