McMahon (constituency)

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Coordinates: 33 ° 50 ′  S , 150 ° 52 ′  E

Sydney constituency location .

McMahon is one of 150 constituencies used to elect the Australian House of Representatives . It is located in the western part of Sydney in the state of New South Wales .

The constituency includes the boroughs Abbotsbury , Bossley Park , Canley Vale, Cecil Park , Eastern Creek , Edensor Park , Erskine Park , Fairfield , Fairfield Heights , Fairfield West , Greenfield Park , Greystanes , Horsley Park , Kemps Creek , Merrylands West , Mount Vernon , Orchard Hills , Pemulwuy , Prairiewood , Prospect , Smithfield ,St Clair and Wetherill Park and portions of Blacktown , Merrylands and South Wentworthville .

The constituency was named after former Australian Prime Minister William McMahon and laid out in 2009. He replaced the abolished Prospect constituency .

Chris Bowen of the Australian Labor Party is the constituency's first incumbent MP.