Division of Parramatta

The Division of Parramatta is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 for the first federal election in 1901. It is named for the locality of Parramatta. The name Parramatta is an Aboriginal word for "the place where the eels lie down".

Parramatta Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Parramatta (green) in New South Wales
Created	1901
MP	Andrew Charlton
Party	Labor
Namesake	Parramatta, New South Wales
Area	56 km2 (21.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The division is in the western suburbs of Sydney. It includes Constitution Hill, Dundas Valley, Granville, Harris Park, Holroyd, Mays Hill, North Parramatta, Oatlands, Old Toongabbie, Parramatta, Rosehill, Rydalmere, Telopea, Wentworthville, Westmead and parts of Dundas, Ermington, Guildford, Merrylands, Merrylands West, Northmead, North Rocks, Pendle Hill, South Granville and South Wentworthville.

The division lies between Labor voting areas of western Sydney and the Liberal areas on the North Shore. Because of this, any change to the boundary can change the political balance in the seat. For example, in the 2006 boundary change, Parramatta shifted from marginally Labor to marginally Liberal (as defined by the Australian Electoral Commission). Nevertheless, as was expected Julie Owens held the seat for the ALP with an increased majority.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	(Sir) Joseph Cook	Free Trade, Anti-Socialist	1901–1909
		Commonwealth Liberal	1909–1917
		Nationalist	1917–1921
	Herbert Pratten	Nationalist	1921–1922
	Eric Bowden	Nationalist	1922–1929
	Albert Rowe	Labor	1929–1931
	(Sir) Frederick Stewart	United Australia	1931–1946
	Howard Beale	Liberal	1946–1958
	Sir Garfield Barwick	Liberal	1958–1964
	Nigel Bowen	Liberal	1964-1973
	Philip Ruddock	Liberal	1973–1977
	John Brown	Labor	1977–1990
	Paul Elliott	Labor	1990–1996
	Ross Cameron	Liberal	1996–2004
	Julie Owens	Labor	2004–present

From 1901 to 1921 the Division was represented by Sir Joseph Cook who was the Prime Minister of Australia from 1913-14. There have been several by-elections for Parramatta when the members have resigned. In 1921 Cook resigned to became Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, in 1958 Beale resigned to become Australian Ambassador to the United States, in 1964 Barwick resigned to become Chief Justice of the High Court, Bowen resigned in 1973 to become a judge in the NSW Court of Appeal.

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Parramatta
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Andrew Charlton	34,258	40.66	−4.42
	Liberal	Maria Kovacic	29,492	35.00	−6.28
	Greens	Phil Bradley	7,546	8.96	+1.72
	United Australia	Julian Fayad	4,269	5.07	+2.49
	Independent OLC	Steve Christou	2,982	3.54	+3.54
	Animal Justice	Rohan Laxmanalal	2,397	2.84	+2.84
	One Nation	Heather Freeman	2,011	2.39	+2.39
	Liberal Democrats	Liza Tazewell	1,310	1.55	+1.55
Total formal votes			84,265	91.07	−0.56
Informal votes			8,259	8.93	+0.56
Turnout			92,524	87.73	−1.88
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Andrew Charlton	45,980	54.57	+1.07
	Liberal	Maria Kovacic	38,285	45.43	−1.07
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.07

References

• Division of Parramatta - Australian Electoral Commission

Other websites

• Julie Owens' website

Preceded by Wide Bay

Division represented by the Prime Minister 1913-1914 Joseph Cook

Succeeded by Wide Bay