Division of Wentworth
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The Federal Division of Wentworth is a foundation division of the Australian Parliament , created at the Federation of the Australian Colonies as the Commonwealth of Australia . It was proclaimed in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election . The Division is named after William Charles Wentworth (1790 -1872 ), a noted Australian explorer and statesman. In 1813 he accompanied Blaxland and Lawson on their crossing of the Blue Mountains . It is one of only two original divisions, along with North Sydney , which have never been held by the ALP , though Jessie Street came close in the 1943 election. It was considered a blue-ribbon Liberal seat, and according the census, has the highest per-capita income of all seats in Australia.
Area Wentworth covers an area of approximately 29 km² from Woolloomooloo along the southern shore of Sydney Harbour to Watsons Bay and down the coast to Clovelly . The western boundary runs along Oxford Street, Flinders Street and South Downling Street, then eastward along Alison Road to Randwick Racecourse and Clovelly Beach. The Division of Wentworth is the division with the smallest geographical area in Australia . It includes the suburbs of Bellevue Hill , Bondi , Bondi Beach , Bondi Junction , Bronte , Clovelly , Darling Point , Dover Heights , Double Bay , Edgecliff , North Bondi , Paddington , Point Piper , Queens Park , Randwick , Rose Bay , Vaucluse , Watsons Bay , Waverley and Woollahra . The electoral redistribution in 2005 added the suburbs of Centennial Park , Darlinghurst , East Sydney , Elizabeth Bay , Kings Cross , Potts Point and Woolloomooloo while reducing the area of Randwick included in the division.
Members
Election results
Australian federal election, 2007 : Wentworth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Malcolm Turnbull 44,463
50.37
+10.10
Labor George Newhouse 26,903
30.48
+1.55
Greens Susan Jarnason
13,205
14.96
+2.10
Climate Change Coalition Dixie Coulton
1,156
1.31
+1.31
Independent Dani Ecuyer
774
0.88
+0.88
Democrats Pierce Field
721
0.82
-0.28
Christian Democrats Bradley Molony
323
0.37
+0.37
Independent Pat Sheil
265
0.30
+0.06
Family First James Adams
255
0.29
-0.04
Liberty and Democracy Jonatan Kelu
129
0.15
+0.15
Citizens Electoral Council John Jamieson
78
0.09
-0.01
Total formal votes 88,272
95.10
+1.05
Informal votes 4,548
4.90
-1.05
Turnout 92,820
92.56
-0.54
2-Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Malcolm Turnbull 47,538
53.85
+1.34
Labor George Newhouse 40,734
46.15
-1.34
Liberal hold Swing +1.34
Australian federal election, 2004 : Wentworth
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal Malcolm Turnbull 30,771
41.79
-10.29
Labor David Patch
19,391
26.34
-3.18
Independent Peter King 13,236
17.98
+17.98
Greens Mithra Cox
8,210
11.15
+1.38
Democrats Lindy Morrison
683
0.93
-5.22
Independent Robert Vogler
339
0.46
+0.46
Family First Leonie Hull
301
0.41
+0.41
Fishing Party Victor Shen
239
0.32
+0.32
Independent Pat Sheil
218
0.30
+0.30
No GST Brian Buckley
171
0.23
+0.23
Citizens Electoral Council John Jamieson
65
0.09
+0.09
Total formal votes 73,624
93.82
-1.33
Informal votes 4,853
6.18
+1.33
Turnout 78,477
92.34
+0.61
2-Candidate Preferred Result
Liberal Malcolm Turnbull 40,847
55.48
-2.38
Labor David Patch
32,777
44.52
+2.38
Liberal hold Swing -2.38
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