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Electoral Results For The Division Of Reid
This is a list of electoral results for the Division of Reid in Australian federal elections from the electorate's creation in 1922 until the present. Members Election results Elections in the 2020s 2022 Elections in the 2010s 2019 2016 2013 2010 Elections in the 2000s 2007 2004 2001 Elections in the 1990s 1998 1996 1993 , - , , , style="text-align:left;", Western Suburbs Greens , style="text-align:left;", Jennifer Long , style="text-align:right;", 1,524 , style="text-align:right;", 2.16 , style="text-align:right;", +2.16 , - 1990 Elections in the 1980s 1987 1984 1983 1980 Elections in the 1970s 1977 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Reid
The Division of Reid is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. History The division is named after Sir George Reid, a former Premier of New South Wales and the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 September 1922, and was first contested at the 1922 federal election. Under initial proposals for the 2009 redistribution, the Australian Electoral Commission proposed that the division be abolished. However, in the final proposal, the name "Reid" was retained for a division combining much of the now-abolished Division of Lowe with part of the old Division of Reid. Incidentally, the redistribution brought George Reid's old home, at Mount Royal, Strathfield, within the boundaries of the electorate that bears his name. While the old Reid was historically a safe Labor seat, the 2009 redistribution made Reid far less safe for Labor, with its majority being slashed by six percent. That was partly becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Laundy
Craig Arthur Samuel Laundy (born 16 February 1971) is a former Australian Liberal Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Reid from 2013 until his retirement in 2019. He served as Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation in the Second Turnbull Ministry, before resigning in August 2018 following the ousting of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister. On 15 March 2019, Laundy announced he would retire from politics at the 2019 federal election. Early years and background Laundy is the son of pub baron Arthur Laundy and his ex-wife Margaret. The family owns more than 30 pubs across New South Wales. Craig was born in Sydney and educated at St Patrick's College, , St Joseph's College, , and the University of New South Wales, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Economics. Prior to his election to parliament at the 2013 federal election, Laundy worked in the family hotel business. Political career Laundy served as the Assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Australian Federal Election
The 1993 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 37th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 13 March 1993. All 147 seats of the Australian House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Australian Senate were up for election. The incumbent government of the centre-left Australian Labor Party led by Paul Keating, the Prime Minister of Australia, was re-elected to a fifth term, defeating the centre-right Liberal/National Coalition led by Opposition Leader John Hewson of the Liberal Party of Australia, and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party of Australia. This was the first, and to date only, time the Labor Party won a fifth consecutive election. The result was considered an upset, as opinion polls had predicted a Coalition win. In his victory speech, Keating would famously describe the result as "the sweetest victory of all". The Coalition's loss was attributed to the unpopularity of Hewson and his economic policy, popularly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Australian Federal Election
The 1996 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the Chronology of Australian federal parliaments, 38th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 2 March 1996. All 148 seats of the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Australian Senate, Senate were up for election. The centre-right Coalition (Australia), Liberal/National Coalition led by List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition, Opposition Leader John Howard of the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party of Australia, National Party defeated the incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government led by Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Paul Keating in a landslide victory. The election marked the end of the 5-term, 13-year Hawke-Keating Government that began in 1983 Australian federal election, 1983. Howard was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Australia on 11 March 1996, alo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Australian Federal Election
The 1998 Australian federal election was held to determine the members of the 39th Parliament of Australia. It was held on 3 October 1998. All 148 seats of the House of Representatives and 40 seats of the 76-seat Senate were up for election. The incumbent centre-right Liberal/National Coalition government led by Prime Minister John Howard of the Liberal Party and coalition partner Tim Fischer of the National Party defeated the centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition led by Opposition Leader Kim Beazley, despite losing the nationwide popular and two-party preferred vote. Entering parliament at this election were future Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, future Liberal deputy leader and future Minister of Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop, and future Speaker Anna Burke. Background The election returned the Member of the House of Representatives for its 1998–2001 term and half of Australia's senators, who then served in the 1999–2002 Senate. Despite winning a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irfan Yusuf
Irfan Yusuf () (born in 1969) is an Australian social commentator and author of the memoir ''Once Were Radicals: My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist''.Irfan Yusuf (2009''Once were radicals – My years as a teenage Islamo-fascist'' Allen and Unwin, May 2009 Education and work Yusuf was born in Karachi, Pakistan and was raised in Sydney. His father was from Pakistan and his mother was born in India. He lived in Pakistan and the U.S. for a time, and then returned to Australia and attended St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney.Jill Rowbotham, Religious affairs writer Portrait of a radical as a young man 13 December 2007 The Australian He graduated from Macquarie University in law and economics. He also has a Diploma of Legal Practice from the University of Technology, Sydney. He was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 1994. Political activities Yusuf was involved in campus politics prior to joining the Liberal Party in 1993 where he became prominent in its conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Australian Federal Election
The 2001 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 10 November 2001. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Kim Beazley. Future Opposition Leader Peter Dutton entered parliament at this election. Background Throughout much of 2001, the Coalition had been trailing Labor in opinion polls, thanks to dissatisfaction with the government's economic reform programme and high petrol prices. The opposition Australian Labor Party had won a majority of the two-party-preferred vote at the previous election and had won a series of state and territory elections. Labor also recorded positive swings in two by-elections, taking the Queensland seat of Ryan and coming close in Aston. However following t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Australian Federal Election
The 2004 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 9 October 2004. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia John Howard and coalition partner the National Party of Australia led by John Anderson defeated the opposition Australian Labor Party led by Mark Latham. Until 2019, this was the most recent federal election in which the leader of the winning party would complete a full term of Parliament as Prime Minister. Future Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull entered Parliament in this election. Pre-election issues In the wake of the 2002 Bali Bombings and the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, the Howard government along with the Blair and Bush governments, initiated combat operations in Afghanistan and an alliance for invading Iraq, these issues divided Labor voters who were disproportionately anti-war, flipping those votes from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silma Ihram
Silma Ihram (born Anne Frances Beaumont; ) is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in Western Sydney, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College' in Sydney, and a campaigner for racial tolerance. She was also the Australian Democrats candidate for the seat of Auburn in the 2007 state election, and the Democrats candidate for the Division of Reid in the 2007 federal election. Ihram is the author of two books, the producer of an educational video in Arabic, and the subject of the documentary, ''Silma's School''. She has been described as " Erin Brockovich in a hijab". Early life Silma Ihram was born Anne Frances Beaumont, to a middle-class agnostic family, and grew up in the suburb of Balgowlah, on Sydney's Northern Beaches. At the age of five, Ihram was sent to boarding school at Meriden, an Anglican school in Strathfield for her primary education, and the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Croydon for high school, completing her matriculat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Australian Federal Election
The 2007 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 24 November 2007. All 150 seats in the House of Representatives and 40 of the seats in the 76-member Senate were up for election. The election featured a 39-day campaign, with 13.6 million Australians enrolled to vote. The centre-left Australian Labor Party opposition, led by Kevin Rudd and deputy leader Julia Gillard, defeated the incumbent centre-right Coalition government, led by Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister, John Howard, and Nationals leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Mark Vaile, by a landslide. The election marked the end of the 11 year Howard Liberal-National Coalition government that had been in power since the 1996 election. This election also marked the start of the six-year Rudd-Gillard Labor government. Future Prime Minister Scott Morrison, future opposition leader Bill Shorten and future Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles entered parliament at this election. This would be the last tim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022
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Sally Sitou
Sally Sitou (Chinese: 陳莎莉) is an Australian politician who is the Labor member for the Division of Reid as of the 2022 Australian federal election. She defeated the incumbent Liberal member, Fiona Martin. Early years and background Sally was born in Canley Vale, the second child of Chinese parents who fled Laos after the Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a .... She went to Canley Vale Public School and Sefton High School and completed a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology – Honours) at Macquarie University. She spent more than a decade working in the international education and international development sectors, and was most recently employed at the University of Sydney. She is married with one child. Politics Sally has been a member of the Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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