| Reid AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision | |||||||||||||||
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  Interactive map of electorate boundaries from the2025 federal election | |||||||||||||||
| Created | 1922 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Sally Sitou | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Sir George Reid | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 117,857 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 49 km2 (18.9 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
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TheDivision of Reid is anAustralian electoral division in the state ofNew South Wales. It is on the south shore ofPort Jackson, withSydney to the east; it stretches fromSilverwater toRodd Point.
Since2022 itsMP has beenSally Sitou of theLabor Party.
The division is named afterSir George Reid, a formerPremier of New South Wales and the fourthPrime Minister of Australia. The division was proclaimed at the redistribution of 13 September 1922, and was first contested at the1922 federal election.[1]
Under initial proposals for the 2009 redistribution, theAustralian Electoral Commission proposed that the division be abolished. However, in the final proposal, the name "Reid" was retained for a division combining much of the now-abolishedDivision of Lowe with part of the old Division of Reid.[2] Incidentally, the redistribution brought George Reid's old home, atMount Royal,Strathfield, within the boundaries of the electorate that bears his name.[3][4]
While the old Reid was historically a safeLabor seat, the 2009 redistribution made Reid far less safe for Labor, with its majority being slashed by six percent. That was partly because of the addition of territory from Lowe, which had been a marginal Labor seat for most of the time since the 1980s.John Murphy, the last member for Lowe, retained Reid for Labor at the2010 election with just a two-point margin, after suffering an eight-point swing. At the2013 election, the seat was won for the first time by theLiberal Party of Australia.[5] The current Member for Reid, since the2022 federal election, isSally Sitou, a member of theAustralian Labor Party. The loss of the seat to the Labor Party has been attributed to the notably large swings against the Liberal Party amongChinese Australian voters which has cost the Liberal Party many key seats,[6] with 18% of Reid's population possessing Chinese ancestry.[7]
Its most prominent member wasJack Lang, who served asPremier of New South Wales on two non-consecutive occasions – from1925 to1927, and then again from1930 to 1932. Lang's second tenure as Premier ended in aconstitutional crisis which resulted in Lang becoming the first head of government in Australia to be dismissed from office bya vice-regal representative – a case that has only happened once since, to the federalWhitlam government in1975. Lang carried on asNew South Wales Opposition Leader until 1939, and remained in theNew South Wales Legislative Assembly before transferring to federal politics in1946. Lang's sole term as member for Reid was noted for his strong opposition towards the incumbentChifley government, though he did support efforts by the Government to nationalise private banks.
Other prominent members have includedTom Uren, who was a prominent Labor figure and minister who also served asGough Whitlam's deputy from 1975 to 1977. Uren was succeeded upon retirement byLaurie Ferguson, the son ofJack Ferguson, who was a Deputy Premier of New South Wales, and the brother ofMartin Ferguson, a former President of theAustralian Council of Trade Unions and a minister in theRudd andGillard governments.[2]
The division is located in theinner-western suburbs ofSydney, and includes the suburbs ofAbbotsford,Breakfast Point,Burwood,Cabarita,Canada Bay,Chiswick,Concord,Concord West,Five Dock,Flemington,Homebush,Homebush West,Liberty Grove,Mortlake,Newington,North Strathfield,Rhodes,Rodd Point,Russell Lea,Strathfield,Sydney Olympic Park,Wareemba, andWentworth Point; and includes parts ofAshfield,Auburn,Croydon,Drummoyne,Lidcombe,Silverwater, andSpectacle Island.[1]
Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian 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.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Sally Sitou | 49,166 | 48.57 | +6.96 | |
| Liberal | Grange Chung | 32,107 | 31.72 | −6.17 | |
| Greens | Joanna Somerville | 11,680 | 11.54 | +2.17 | |
| Independent | Steven Commerford | 3,098 | 3.06 | +3.06 | |
| One Nation | Gina Ingrouille | 2,352 | 2.32 | +0.28 | |
| Trumpet of Patriots | David Sarikaya | 1,593 | 1.57 | +1.57 | |
| Libertarian | Clinton Mead | 1,221 | 1.21 | −0.65 | |
| Total formal votes | 101,217 | 94.03 | +0.52 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,426 | 5.97 | −0.52 | ||
| Turnout | 107,643 | 91.37 | +0.85 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sally Sitou | 62,762 | 62.01 | +6.82 | |
| Liberal | Grange Chung | 38,455 | 37.99 | −6.82 | |
| Laborhold | Swing | +6.82 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Sally Sitou | 40,768 | 41.61 | +4.40 | |
| Liberal | Fiona Martin | 37,126 | 37.89 | −10.43 | |
| Greens | Charles Jago | 9,184 | 9.37 | +1.29 | |
| Independent | Natalie Baini | 2,994 | 3.06 | +3.06 | |
| United Australia | Jamal Daoud | 2,530 | 2.58 | +0.66 | |
| One Nation | Edward Walters | 1,997 | 2.04 | +2.04 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Cameron | 1,824 | 1.86 | +1.86 | |
| Fusion | Sahar Khalili-Naghadeh | 1,553 | 1.59 | +1.59 | |
| Total formal votes | 97,976 | 93.51 | −0.36 | ||
| Informal votes | 6,800 | 6.49 | +0.36 | ||
| Turnout | 104,776 | 90.68 | −1.03 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sally Sitou | 54,076 | 55.19 | +8.37 | |
| Liberal | Fiona Martin | 43,900 | 44.81 | −8.37 | |
| Laborgain fromLiberal | Swing | +8.37 | |||
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