25-407: The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales . It is located south and south-east of Sydney CBD , comprising mostly City of Randwick and the suburbs of Bayside Council that were governed by the former City of Botany Bay . The division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith , a pioneer aviator, who was the first pilot to fly across
50-544: A mainly residential area. Westfield Eastgardens shopping centre in Wentworth Avenue was built in the northern part of the suburb on the old Pagewood Bus Depot and part of the former site of the General Motors Holden car manufacturing plant (and totally on the old National Film Studios) and opened in 1987. The remainder of the site was sold to W.D. & H.O. Wills . Eastgardens , which covers
75-493: A redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission . Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. The division is located to the south and south-east of Sydney CBD , on the north shore of Botany Bay , and
100-582: Is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney , in the state of New South Wales , Australia , 8 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district . It is part of the Bayside Council . Pagewood has a mixture of residential and industrial areas. Pagewood was originally known as "South Daceyville ", before being renamed to "Pagewood" in 1929, to honour the late Alderman Fred Page ,
125-600: Is entitled (called apportionment ) and the boundaries of each electorate, in a process known as redistribution . Such apportionment and redistributions apply to the next federal election, but not to any by-elections. The last apportionment determination was made in July 2020. The resulting redistribution took place during 2021 and was used in the 2022 federal election , which was held on 21 May 2022. Within each state and territory, electoral boundaries are redrawn from time to time. This takes place at least once every 7 years, or when
150-423: Is the case in most other legislatures around the world. Most divisions are named in honour of prominent historical people, such as former politicians (often Prime Ministers ), explorers, artists and engineers. There is also a preference for retaining names used since Federation. In some cases where a division is named after a geographical locality, the connection to that locality is sometimes tenuous. For instance,
175-938: The 2022 Australian federal election , based on the 2021 apportionment, there were 151 divisions: 47 in New South Wales, 39 in Victoria, 30 in Queensland, 15 in Western Australia, 10 in South Australia, 5 in Tasmania, 3 in the ACT and 2 in Northern Territory. The divisions of the House of Representatives are unusual in that many of them are not named after geographical features or numbered, as
200-706: The Division of Kingsford-Smith (with a hyphen), based upon a misspelling of Sir Charles's surname. However, this was corrected at the redistribution in 2001. The current Member for Kingsford Smith, since the 2013 federal election , is Matt Thistlethwaite , a member of the Australian Labor Party who resigned from the Senate prior to the election. Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by
225-591: The Division of Werriwa , created in 1901, was named after the Aboriginal word for Lake George in the Canberra region. However, Werriwa has not contained Lake George for many decades, and has steadily moved some 200 km north to the south-western suburbs of Sydney over the past century. The divisions that existed at the 2022 Australian federal election appear in the table below. These divisions no longer exist: Pagewood, New South Wales Pagewood
250-703: The Hawke government, and by Laurie Brereton , a minister in the Keating government. It was then held by Peter Garrett , a former lead singer of the Australian rock band Midnight Oil , former President of the Australian Conservation Foundation , and a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments. Garrett announced his retirement on 26 June 2013. The Division was originally known as
275-523: The Pacific Ocean . The Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney International), and the suburb of Kingsford , both of which are located within the division, are also named after him. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 11 May 1949, and was first contested at the 1949 federal election . Kingsford Smith has been in Labor hands for its entire existence. A redistribution ahead of
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#1732787992690300-807: The Parliament of the Commonwealth . There are currently 151 electorates. Section 24 of the Constitution of Australia specifies that the total number of members of the Australian House of Representatives shall be "as nearly as practicable" twice as many as the number of members of the Australian Senate . The section also requires that electorates be apportioned among the states in proportion to their respective populations; provided that each original state has at least 5 members in
325-540: The University of New South Wales are also located in the electorate. 33°56′56″S 151°13′52″E / 33.949°S 151.231°E / -33.949; 151.231 Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives Electorates (also known as electoral divisions or seats ) of the Australian House of Representatives are single member electoral districts for the lower house of
350-548: The 1969 election made it one of the safest Labor seats in both Sydney and the nation, and it remained a comfortably safe Labor seat for most of the next four decades. However, demographic changes since 2010, have made the seat much less secure for Labor. It has previously been held by Lionel Bowen , a minister in the Whitlam government, Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 1977 to 1990, and Deputy Prime Minister for most of
375-592: The 2021 Census, there were 3,885 people in Pagewood. 64.0% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were Greece 2.9%, China 2.8%, England 2.3%, Indonesia 2.1% and New Zealand 1.7%. 63.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 8.3%, Mandarin 3.4%, Indonesian 2.7%, Cantonese 2.1% and Spanish 1.9%. The most common responses for religion were Catholic 31.6%, No Religion 22.5%, Eastern Orthodox 14.3%, Anglican 7.6% and Judaism 5.0%. Pagewood Public School
400-406: The ACT and the whole of Jervis Bay Territory ), and the Division of Lingiari (covering part of the Northern Territory and the whole of Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands ). The Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 sets out further provisions. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) determines the number of members of the House of Representatives to which each state and territory
425-965: The House of Representatives, a provision that has given Tasmania higher representation than its population would otherwise justify. There are three electorates in the Australian Capital Territory and even though the Northern Territory should have only one electorate based on their population, parliament have legislated that they receive two (by setting the quota for seat allocation using the harmonic mean for territories, meaning only around 1.3 quotas rather than 1.5 quotas are needed to have two seats). In addition, Section 29 forbids electorate boundaries from crossing state lines, forcing populated areas along state and territory borders to be placed in different electorates, such as Albury in New South Wales being part of
450-535: The Mayor of Botany Council in 1928. The name "Kingsford" was also considered for Pagewood, but it was rejected and later used as the new name for South Kensington. Development of Pagewood began in 1919 with an estate called Monash Gardens. The northern part of Pagewood was originally designed to be the southern part of the Daceyville garden suburb, and many park and street layouts in Pagewood remain unchanged from
475-725: The area around the shopping centre, was officially declared a separate suburb in 1999. At the northern tip of Pagewood, Astrolabe Park and Astrolabe Road in Daceyville were named after one of the ships commanded by La Perouse , the French explorer who arrived at Botany Bay just days after the First Fleet in 1788. Most other streets in Daceyville are also named after the First Fleet, such as Cook Avenue, Boussole Road, Endeavour Road, Solander Road, and Banks Avenue. In
500-530: The coast of the Tasman Sea . The division includes the suburbs of Banksmeadow , Botany , Chifley , Coogee , Daceyville , East Botany , Eastgardens , Eastlakes , Hillsdale , Kensington , Kingsford , La Perouse , Little Bay , Malabar , Maroubra , Maroubra Junction , Mascot , Matraville , Pagewood , Phillip Bay , Port Botany , and South Coogee ; as well as parts of Clovelly , Randwick , and Rosebery . Bare Island , Prince Henry Hospital , and
525-455: The electorate of Farrer , while nearby Wodonga in Victoria is part of the electorate of Indi . The same restriction does not apply to territories, and several current electoral divisions incorporate electors from multiple territories. This is currently the case for the Division of Bean (covering part of the ACT and the whole of Norfolk Island ), the Division of Fenner (covering part of
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#1732787992690550-448: The number of voters vary by more than 3.5% from the average projected enrolment 3.5 years into the future. However, due to various reasons, larger seats like Cowper in New South Wales contain 80% more electors than that of smaller seats like Solomon in the Northern Territory . In 2018, seats in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia were also abolished, in order to make way for seats in similar locations but with different names. At
575-423: The original Daceyville plans. However, unlike Daceyville, which was developed as Australia's first public housing scheme and then used to provide housing after World War I , Pagewood was privately developed. The southern part of Pagewood was originally named Dudley, and Dudley Street remains in southern Pagewood today. National Studios was opened in 1935 and for nearly thirty years, Australian and British cinema
600-404: The state's entitlement to the number of members of the House of Representatives changes. Boundaries are drawn by a Redistribution Committee, and redistributions within a state are on the basis of the number of enrolled voters , rather than total residents or "population". The number of enrolled voters in each division cannot vary by more than 10% from the average across a state or territory, nor can
625-571: Was produced here. In 1940, the site was bought by General Motors Holden , which operated a car manufacturing plant until 1981. In 1953, the Pagewood Rex Hotel, currently called the Pagewood Hotel (2017), opened. In 1960, the council considered changing the suburb name to East Botany. Residents battled to retain the name, particularly since Botany was becoming an industrial area, while Pagewood retained its identity as
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