Division of Lowe

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Lowe Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lowe (green) in New South Wales prior to abolition
Created	1949
Abolished	2010
Namesake	Robert Lowe
Electors	87,153
Area	39 km2 (15.1 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner Metropolitan

The Division of Lowe was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. It was located in the inner western suburbs of Sydney, on the south shore of the Parramatta River. It included the suburbs of Drummoyne, Five Dock, Croydon, Croydon Park, Burwood, Enfield, Homebush, Strathfield, Concord, Rhodes, Canada Bay, Cabarita, Abbotsford and Mortlake.

The division was named after the Rt Hon Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, and former Home Secretary of the United Kingdom. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election. It was first held by Sir William McMahon, who retained the seat for over 32 years, until 1982. He served prime minister from 1971 to 1972.

Following the 2009 redistribution of NSW, the seat of Lowe was abolished for the 2010 Australian federal election, with the bulk of its territory transferring to nearby Reid.^[1][2]

Members[]

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		(Sir) William McMahon (1908–1988)	Liberal	10 December 1949 – 4 January 1982	Served as minister under Menzies, Holt, McEwen and Gorton. Served as Prime Minister from 1971 to 1972. Resigned in order to retire from politics
		Michael Maher (1936–2013)	Labor	13 March 1982 – 11 July 1987	Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Drummoyne. Lost seat
		Dr Bob Woods (1947–)	Liberal	11 July 1987 – 13 March 1993	Lost seat. Later appointed to the Senate in 1994
		Mary Easson (1955–)	Labor	13 March 1993 – 2 March 1996	Lost seat
		Paul Zammit (1941–)	Liberal	2 March 1996 – February 1998	Previously held the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Strathfield. Lost seat
			Independent	February 1998 – 3 October 1998
		John Murphy (1950–)	Labor	3 October 1998 – 21 August 2010	Transferred to the Division of Reid after Lowe was abolished in 2010

Election results[]

2007[]

References[]

• Psephos: Adam Carr's Election Archive
• The Poll Bludger
• ABC Elections
• Australian Electoral Commission

External links[]

• "Division of Lowe" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles. Retrieved 29 June 2007. (PDF, 184 kB)

Coordinates: 33°30′S 151°00′E / 33.500°S 151.000°E / -33.500; 151.000