Division of Prospect

This article is about the former Australian federal electorate. For the New South Wales state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect. For the former South Australian state electorate, see Electoral district of Prospect (South Australia).

Prospect Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Prospect (green) in New South Wales
Created	1969
Abolished	2010
Namesake	Prospect Reservoir
Electors	90,624
Area	164 km^2 (63.3 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan

The Division of Prospect was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales from 1969 to 2010. It was located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and included the suburbs of Fairfield, Smithfield, Kemps Creek, St Clair, Horsley Park and those parts of the suburb of Prospect south of the Great Western Highway which were the least populous parts of the suburb. The Prospect Reservoir was located within the Division.

The origins of the Division date back to the redistribution of 21 November 1968, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat was a safe Labor seat for its entire existence.

Following the 2009 redistribution of New South Wales, the division was renamed McMahon to honour former Prime Minister Sir William McMahon.^[1] McMahon was first contested at the 2010 federal election.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Dick Klugman (1924–2011)	Labor	25 October 1969 – 19 February 1990	Retired
		Janice Crosio (1939–)		24 March 1990 – 31 August 2004	Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Smithfield. Retired
		Chris Bowen (1973–)		9 October 2004 – 21 August 2010	Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Transferred to the Division of McMahon after Prospect was abolished in 2010

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Prospect

References

1. Media Release 2009: Augmented Electoral Commission decides boundaries and names for Federal Electoral Divisions in NSW - Australian Electoral Commission

• Announcement of renaming
• Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
• The Poll Bludger
• ABC Elections
• Australian Electoral Commission

External links

• "Division of Prospect" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved 29 June 2007. (PDF, 174 kB)