DIVISION OF GREENWAY

The 'Division of Greenway' is an
Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales.
The division was created in 1984 and is named for Francis Greenway, an ex-convict who became a prominent architect in colonial Sydney. The seat was traditionally centred on the Blacktown district, but after the distribution it is mainly located the Hills/North-west/Hawkesbury region of Sydney and takes in suburbs such as Stanhope Gardens, Windsor and Riverstone.
For most of its history, Greenway was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party. However, demographic changes in the areas north of Blacktown resulted in a shift away from Labor at the 2001 election. At the 2004 election this trend continued and the seat was won by the Liberal Party following the retirement of the sitting MP and an extensive Liberal campaign. Louise Markus, a conservative social worker, defeated Ed Husic, a former political advisor, to take the seat by a small margin of 0.6%. A large Informal vote of 11.83%, the highest in the 2004 election contributed to this result. On September 13, 2006, the Australian Electoral Commission announced that the seat will be redistributed. The Hawkesbury area towns will move to Greenway from the Division of Macquarie, and losing traditional Labor-voting areas such as Blacktown, Dean Park, Kings Langley, Lalor Park and Seven Hills making Greenway a fairly safe seat for the Liberal Party. The margin is now 11.4%.

Contents

Members

Election results

References

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Russell Gorman	Labor	1984—1996
	Frank Mossfield	Labor	1996—2004
	Louise Markus	Liberal	2004—present

Election results

References

★ Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive

★ The Poll Bludger

★ ABC Elections

★ Australian Electoral Commission