The Division of Greenway is an
Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

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The division was created in 1984 and is named for Francis Greenway

Francis Greenway

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, an ex-convict who became a prominent architect in colonial Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

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It is located in the north-west suburbs of Sydney, traditionally been north and east portions of the Blacktown

City of Blacktown

The City of Blacktown is a Local Government Area in the heart of Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately 35 km from Sydney CBD. It is bounded by the Local Government Areas of Penrith, Parramatta, Fairfield, Holroyd, Hawkesbury and The Hills Shire. It occupies an area...

 district. It currently also includes small portions of Holroyd

City of Holroyd

Holroyd is a Local Government Area and suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, located in the Western Sydney region. Originally known as the Municipality of Prospect and Sherwood it was incorporated in February 1872, in 1927 it was renamed the Municipality of Holroyd after Arthur Holroyd,...

 and Parramatta Council

City of Parramatta

The City of Parramatta is a Local Government Area in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.Initially in 1861 it was formed as Municipality of Parramatta...

 areas. Suburbs and towns include Acacia Gardens

Acacia Gardens, New South Wales

Acacia Gardens is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Acacia Gardens is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

, Girraween

Girraween, New South Wales

Girraween is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Girraween is located 30 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Holroyd and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....

, Glenwood

Glenwood, New South Wales

Glenwood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenwood is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

, Kellyville Ridge

Kellyville Ridge, New South Wales

Kellyville Ridge is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kellyville Ridge is located 41 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of City of Blacktown...

, Kings Langley

Kings Langley, New South Wales

Kings Langley is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kings Langley is located 39 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

, Kings Park

Kings Park, New South Wales

Kings Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kings Park is located 40 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and part of the Greater Western Sydney region....

, Lalor Park

Lalor Park, New South Wales

Lalor Park is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Lalor Park is located 35 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Lalor Park is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

, Parklea

Parklea, New South Wales

Parklea is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 40 kilometers north-west of the Sydney CBD and is a part of Greater Western Sydney...

, Seven Hills

Seven Hills, New South Wales

Seven Hills is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Seven Hills is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Seven Hills is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

, Stanhope Gardens

Stanhope Gardens, New South Wales

Stanhope Gardens is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Stanhope Gardens is located 39 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of City of Blacktown...

, The Ponds

The Ponds, New South Wales

The Ponds is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Ponds is located 40 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

, Toongabbie

Toongabbie, New South Wales

Toongabbie is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Toongabbie is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

 and parts of Blacktown

Blacktown, New South Wales

Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of City of Blacktown.Blacktown is the largest...

, Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill, New South Wales

Pendle Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Pendle Hill is located 30 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Holroyd and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.-History:George Bond , an American...

, Prospect

Prospect, New South Wales

Prospect is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Prospect is located 32 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....

, Quakers Hill

Quakers Hill, New South Wales

Quakers Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Quakers Hill is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Quakers Hill is part of the Greater Western Sydney...

, Riverstone

Riverstone, New South Wales

Riverstone is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Riverstone is located 48 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown. Riverstone is part of the Greater Western Sydney region...

, Rouse Hill

Rouse Hill, New South Wales

Rouse Hill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rouse Hill is located 42 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of The Hills Shire...

, Schofields

Schofields, New South Wales

Schofields is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Schofields is located 45 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

 and Vineyard

Vineyard, New South Wales

Vineyard is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Vineyard is located 50 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

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For most of its history, Greenway was a safe seat for the Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

. However, demographic changes in the areas north of Blacktown

Blacktown, New South Wales

Blacktown is a suburb in the City of Blacktown, in Western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Blacktown is located 34 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of City of Blacktown.Blacktown is the largest...

, specifically Kellyville Ridge, Stanhope Gardens and Glenwood 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

Liberal Party of Australia

The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 following the retirement of the sitting MP and an extensive Liberal campaign. Louise Markus

Louise Markus

Louise Elizabeth Markus , Australian federal politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Greenway in western Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election...

, a Pentecostal social worker and member of Hillsong Church

Hillsong Church

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, defeated Ed Husic, a former political advisor and a non-practicing Muslim, 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 13 September 2006, the Australian Electoral Commission

Australian Electoral Commission

The Australian Electoral Commission, or the AEC, is the federal government agency in charge of organising and supervising federal elections and referendums. State and local government elections are overseen by the Electoral Commission in each state and territory.The Australian Electoral Commission...

 announced that the seat would be redistributed. The Hawkesbury area towns moved to Greenway from the Division of Macquarie

Division of Macquarie

The Division of Macquarie is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales. The division was created in 1900 and was one of the original 75 divisions contested at the first federal election. It is named for Lachlan Macquarie, who was Governor of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821...

, and lost traditional Labor-voting areas such as Blacktown, Dean Park, Lalor Park and Seven Hills as well as the Liberal-leaning areas of Kings Langley and Seven Hills North. This boosted the notional Liberal majority to 11.7%, making it on paper a safe Liberal seat. However, the margin dropped to 4.7% as of the 2007 federal election, when it experienced a 6.9% swing towards Labor and became a marginal Liberal seat.

The seat was redistributed again in 2009, causing a large change in its demographics. Under redistribution, the seat of Greenway has lost a major portion of the Liberal voting Hawkesbury region including the cities of Richmond and Windsor. In return, Greenway gained the Labor voting suburbs of Toongabie, Seven Hills and Pendle Hill. Following the redistribution, the seat is now notionally Labor held on a margin of 5%.

Currently, the seat is held by Labor's Michelle Rowland on a slim margin of 0.82% (based upon current polling). The electorate itself is a demographically diverse population that includes the working class suburbs of Blacktown, Lalor Park and Toongabie which are Labor leaning, as well as the high income, Liberal leaning suburbs of Kellyville Ridge, Stanhope Gardens, Glenwood, The Ponds and Kings Langley.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Russ Gorman	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1984–1996
	Frank Mossfield Frank Mossfield Frank William Mossfield AM is a former Australian politician who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1996 to October 2004, representing the Division of Greenway, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was a fitter and...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1996–2004
	Louise Markus Louise Markus Louise Elizabeth Markus , Australian federal politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives, initially elected to represent the seat of Greenway in western Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia at the 2004 federal election...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	2004–2010
	Michelle Rowland Michelle Rowland Michelle Anne Rowland , an Australian politician, is a member of the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Greenway representing the Australian Labor Party. At the 2010 Australian federal election, Rowland won the seat for Labor following the 2009 electoral distribution, making...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	2010–present

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