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 the only original division which has 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.
[edit] Area
Wentworth covers an area of approximately 26 km² from Darling Point along the southern shore of Sydney Harbour to Watsons Bay and down the coast to Clovelly. The western boundary runs along Randwick Racecourse and includes Centennial Park and Paddington. The Division of Wentworth is the smallest geographical division 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.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party affiliation | Period |
|---|---|---|
| (Sir) William McMillan | Free Trade | 1901 - 1903 |
| W H Kelly | Free Trade/Anti-Socialist/Liberal/Nationalist | 1903 - 1919 |
| Walter Marks | Nationalist | 1919 - 1931 |
| E J Harrison | UAP/LP | 1931 - 1956 |
| L H E (Les) Bury | LP | 1956 - 1974 |
| R J (Bob) Ellicott | LP | 1974 - 1981 |
| Peter Coleman | LP | 1981 - 1987 |
| (Dr) John Hewson | LP | 1987 -1995 |
| Andrew Thomson | LP | 1995 - 2001 |
| Peter King | LP | 2001 - 2004 |
| Malcolm Turnbull | LP | 2004 - |
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