Division of Prospect

Prospect Australian House of Representatives Division
State or territory:	New South Wales
Created:	1969
MP:	Chris Bowen
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Prospect Reservoir
Electors:	90,624
Area:	164 km² (63.3 sq mi)
Demographic:	Outer Metropolitan

The Division of Prospect is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It is located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and includes the suburbs of Fairfield, Wakeley, Kemps Creek, St Clair, Horsley Park and Prospect. The Prospect Reservoir is located within the Division.

The suburb, the reservoir and the Division are all named after Prospect Hill, the location from where Governor Arthur Phillip first saw the Blue Mountains. The Division was proclaimed at the redistribution of November 21, 1968, and was first contested at the 1969 Federal election. The seat is currently a fairly safe Labor seat. The current Member, Assistant Treasurer, Chris Bowen, and the former Member, Janice Crosio, have been the Mayor of the Fairfield local government area.

[edit] Members

Australian federal election, 2007: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Bowen	46,135	58.18	+9.11
	Liberal	Lily Arthur	24,705	31.15	-7.16
	Greens	Lizza Gebilagin	3,618	4.56	-0.61
	Family First	Carolyn Lever	2,655	3.35	+3.27
	Christian Democrats	Jason Callander	2,187	2.76	-0.55
Total formal votes			79,300	92.27	+1.68
Informal votes			6,648	7.73	-1.68
Turnout			85,948	94.84	+0.90
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Chris Bowen	50,327	63.46	+7.06
	Liberal	Lily Arthur	28,973	36.54	-7.06
	Labor hold		Swing	+7.06

Australian federal election, 2004: Prospect
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Chris Bowen	37,802	50.07	-5.29
	Liberal	Robert Jacobucci	28,828	38.19	+10.54
	Greens	Kelly Marks	4,009	5.31	+0.73
	Christian Democrats	Manny Poularas	2,285	3.03	+0.47
	One Nation	John Abromas	1,438	1.90	-2.60
	Democrats	Lily Arthur	1,131	1.50	-0.79
Total formal votes			75,493	90.76	-0.25
Informal votes			7,906	9.24	+0.25
Turnout			83,183	95.03	-0.26
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Chris Bowen	32,374	57.12	-5.69
	Liberal	Robert Jacobucci	32,374	42.88	+5.69
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.69

Division of Prospect. Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved on 2007-06-29. (PDF, 174 kB)

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