The Division of Lindsay is an
Australian electoral division in the state of
New South Wales
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Ever since Lindsay was first contested at the
1984 federal election the seat had always elected a member of the government of the day − a pattern known as a "
bellwether
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" seat. However, Lindsay's bellwether run ended at the
2016 federal election when
Labor
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's
Emma Husar
Emma Husar (born 20 April 1980) is a former Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Lindsay, which she represented from 2016 to 2019. During an internal investigation and media reports ...
defeated one-term
Liberal
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Fiona Scott
Fiona Meryl Scott (born 1 March 1977) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Lindsay in New South Wales from the 2013 election until the 2016 election.
Ea ...
.
History
The division is named after
Norman Lindsay
Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his genera ...
, the prominent Australian artist, writer and sculptor. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 October 1984 and was first contested at the
1984 federal election.
The Division of Lindsay has
bellwether
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status. The 2016 federal election is the only instance where the member to win the seat has not been from the party to form government. This has been widely attributed to Lindsay's buildup as an
economically
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sensitive seat. The mortgage belt status of the electorate means
fiscal
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matters such as interest rates, job security, petrol prices and quality of transportation are always critical issues at
federal
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elections. The geographic buildup of the seat consists of Liberal voting areas in the west, Labor voting areas in the east and swing areas in the centre.
Prior to the 1996 election, it was considered a safe Labor seat, as it was located in Labor's longstanding heartland of west Sydney. This ended in
1996
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, when then member
Ross Free
Ross Vincent Free (born 7 March 1943) is a former Australian politician who served as a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the seat of Macquarie from 1980 until 1984, then Lindsay from 1984 until 1996. He serv ...
was thrown from office by Liberal challenger
Jackie Kelly
Jacqueline Marie Kelly (born 18 February 1964) is a former Australian politician who served as a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 until November 2007, representing the Division of Lindsay, New South Wales ...
on a swing of nearly 12 percent. Free was one of 13 New South Wales Labor MPs to lose their seats in Labor's heavy defeat that year. However a
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
was called when it was revealed that questions about Kelly's citizenship raised eligibility problems. Kelly won the subsequent by-election with an additional 6.69% swing towards her.
Kelly announced her retirement in 2007 which, together with the 2006 redistribution, made Lindsay vulnerable to the Labor candidate,
Penrith Mayor
David Bradbury. In his third bid for the seat, Bradbury won with a swing of 9.7% after distribution of preferences, defeating the unsuccessful Liberal candidate Karen Chijoff. Three days before the
2007 federal election
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Liberal Party supporters, including Jackie Kelly's husband, were caught in Lindsay distributing fake pamphlets in residents' letterboxes which linked the Labor Party to Islamic terrorism. For more details see
Lindsay pamphlet scandal
The Lindsay pamphlet scandal was an Australian electoral scandal in which Liberal Party volunteers distributed fake election pamphlets, claiming to be from an Islamic organisation that was later found not to exist, that claimed the Labor Party ...
. Bradbury narrowly retained the seat in 2010 against Liberal
Fiona Scott
Fiona Meryl Scott (born 1 March 1977) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Lindsay in New South Wales from the 2013 election until the 2016 election.
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, but she defeated him at the 2013 election receiving a favourable swing towards her in both elections of 5.16% in 2010 and 4.11% in 2013.
However, the bellwether streak ended at the
2016 federal election as Labor's
Emma Husar
Emma Husar (born 20 April 1980) is a former Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Australian House of Representatives for the Division of Lindsay, which she represented from 2016 to 2019. During an internal investigation and media reports ...
defeated Scott to claim the seat, while overall the Liberal/National coalition narrowly retained government.
Boundaries
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the
Australian Electoral Commission
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. 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
outer western suburbs of Sydney, and is centred on
Penrith. It also includes the suburbs of
Berkshire Park,
Cambridge Gardens,
Cambridge Park,
Castlereagh,
Claremont Meadows
Claremont Meadows is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Claremont Meadows is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of ...
,
Colyton,
Cranebrook,
Dunheved,
Emu Heights,
Emu Plains
Emu Plains is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 58 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith and is part of the Greater Western Sydney re ...
,
Glenmore Park,
Jamisontown
Jamisontown is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of th ...
,
Jordan Springs,
Kingswood,
Kingswood Park,
Lemongrove,
Leonay,
Llandilo
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,
Londonderry,
Mount Pleasant,
North St Marys
North St Marys is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales Australia. North St Marys is located 47 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith. North St Marys is ...
,
Oxley Park,
Regentville
Regentville is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 56 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Penrith, and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region ...
,
South Penrith,
St Marys,
Werrington,
Werrington County, and
Werrington Downs; as well as parts of
Agnes Banks
Agnes Banks is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Agnes Banks is 68 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government areas of the City of Penrith a ...
,
Badgerys Creek
Badgerys Creek, also known as Badgery's Creek, is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, located approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Liverpool. It i ...
,
Luddenham,
Mulgoa
Mulgoa is a village, located in the local government area of the City of Penrith, in the region of western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mulgoa is located approximately west of the Sydney central business district.
Mu ...
, and
Orchard Hills.
Members
Election results
References
External links
Division of Lindsay – Australian Electoral Commission
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Electoral divisions of Australia
Constituencies established in 1984
1984 establishments in Australia
Norman Lindsay