Macquarie (constituency)
Coordinates: 33 ° 29 ′ S , 150 ° 39 ′ E
Macquarie is one of 150 constituencies used to elect the Australian House of Representatives . It is located in the state of New South Wales and was founded in 1900. It is one of the first 75 constituencies in Australia. It was named after Lachlan Macquarie , a governor of New South Wales .
The constituency now includes the western edge of Sydney , parts of the Blue Mountains and the area around Hawkesbury City . Louise Markus of the Liberal Party of Australia has been the incumbent MP for the constituency since 2010 .
Previous MPs
Surname | Political party | Terms of office |
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Sydney Smith | Free Trade Party | 1901-1906 |
Ernest Carr | Australian Labor Party | 1906-1916 |
Nationalist Party of Australia | 1916-1917 | |
Samuel Nicholls | Australian Labor Party | 1917-1922 |
Arthur Manning | Nationalist Party of Australia | 1922-1928 |
Ben Chifley | Australian Labor Party | 1928-1931 |
John Lawson | United Australia Party | 1931-1940 |
Ben Chifley | Australian Labor Party | 1940-1951 |
Anthony Luchetti | Australian Labor Party | 1951-1975 |
Reg Gillard | Liberal Party of Australia | 1975-1980 |
Ross Free | Australian Labor Party | 1980-1984 |
Alasdair Webster | Liberal Party of Australia | 1984-1993 |
Maggie Deahm | Australian Labor Party | 1993-1996 |
Kerry Bartlett | Liberal Party of Australia | 1996-2007 |
Bob Debus | Australian Labor Party | 2007-2010 |
Louise Markus | Liberal Party of Australia | 2010– |