Former Australian federal electoral division
Australian electorate
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 was prime minister from 1971 to 1972 .
Following the 2009 redistribution of NSW, the seat of Lowe was abolished for the 2010 Australian federal election . Most of the area of Lowe, together with a small part of the seat of Reid to its west, were reconstituted as the new Reid .[ 1] [ 2]
Members
Election results
2007
References
External links
"Division of Lowe" (PDF) . Australian Electoral Commission Divisional Profiles . Retrieved 29 June 2007 . (PDF , 184 kB )
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