The Division of Kingsford Smith is an
Australian electoral division
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in the
state of
New South Wales.
History
The division is named after
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith (9 February 18978 November 1935), nicknamed Smithy, was an Australian aviation pioneer. He piloted the first transpacific flight and the first flight between Australia and New Zealand.
Kingsford Smith was b ...
, a pioneer aviator, and the first pilot to fly across the
Pacific Ocean. The
Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney International), and the suburb of
Kingsford, both of which are located within the division, are also named after him. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the
1949 federal election.
Kingsford Smith has been in Labor hands for its entire existence. A redistribution ahead of the 1969 election made it one of the safest Labor seats in both Sydney and the nation, and it remained a comfortably safe Labor seat for most of the next four decades. However, demographic changes since 2010 have made the seat much less secure for Labor. It has previously been held by
Lionel Bowen, a minister in the
Whitlam
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government, Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 1977 to 1990 and
Deputy Prime Minister for most of the
Hawke government, and by
Laurie Brereton, a minister in the
Keating government. It was then held by
Peter Garrett, a former lead singer of the
Australian rock
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band
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil (known informally as "The Oils") are an Australian rock band composed of Peter Garrett (vocals, harmonica), Rob Hirst (drums), Jim Moginie (guitar, keyboard) and Martin Rotsey (guitar). The group was formed in Sydney in 1972 by ...
, former President of the
Australian Conservation Foundation, and a minister in the
Rudd and
Gillard governments. Garrett announced his retirement on 26 June 2013.
The Division was originally known as the Division of Kingsford-Smith (with a hyphen), based upon a misspelling of Sir Charles's surname. However, this was corrected at the
redistribution in 2001.
The current Member for Kingsford Smith, since the
2013 federal election, is
Matt Thistlethwaite, a member of the
Australian Labor Party who resigned from the
Senate
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prior to the election.
Boundaries
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Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.
The division is located in the south-eastern suburbs of
Sydney
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, on the north shore of
Botany Bay, and the coast of the
Tasman Sea. The division includes the suburbs of
Banksmeadow,
Botany,
Chifley,
Coogee,
Daceyville
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,
East Botany,
Eastgardens,
Eastlakes
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,
Hillsdale,
Kensington
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The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
,
Kingsford,
La Perouse,
Little Bay
Little Bay is a suburb in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Little Bay is located 14 kilometres south-east of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Randwick ...
,
Malabar
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* Malabars, people originating from the Malabar region of India
* Malbars or Malabars, people of Tamil origin in Réunion
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,
Maroubra,
Maroubra Junction,
Mascot,
Matraville
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History
Ma ...
,
Pagewood
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Pagewood has a mixture of residential and industrial areas.
H ...
,
Phillip Bay,
Port Botany, and
South Coogee
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; as well as parts of
Clovelly,
Randwick, and
Rosebery.
Bare Island,
Prince Henry Hospital
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, and the
University of New South Wales are also located in the electorate.
Members
Election results
References
External links
Division of Kingsford Smith - Australian Electoral Commission
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kingsford Smith, Division of
Electoral divisions of Australia
Constituencies established in 1949
1949 establishments in Australia