Grayndler
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Grayndler in New South Wales, as of the 2016 federal election
Created1949
MPAnthony Albanese
PartyLabor
NamesakeTed Grayndler
Electors109,927 (2022)
Area32 km2 (12.4 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan

The Division of Grayndler is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales.

Grayndler covers most of Sydney's newly formed Inner West Council. The electorate includes the suburbs of Balmain, Birchgrove, Rozelle, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Petersham, Lewisham, Enmore, Haberfield, Summer Hill and parts of Newtown, Ashfield, Dulwich Hill and Marrickville.[1]

The current MP is Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia and the Leader of the Australian Labor Party.

History

The division was created in 1949 and is named for Ted Grayndler (1867–1943), a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1921 to 1934 and 1936 to 1943, and General Secretary of the Australian Workers' Union from 1912 to 1941. The division was originally a solidly working-class area, although migration and gentrification have since radically changed its demography.[1] Despite the demographic changes, it has been held by the Australian Labor Party for its entire existence; the Liberals have only once received 40 percent of the two-party vote. Grayndler also has a very high percentage of Australian Greens voters with 23 percent of the primary vote at the 2013 election. At the 2010 election, the two-party-preferred vote was between Labor and the Greens, one of only 3 in Australia (the others being Batman and the Greens held Melbourne).

Its most prominent members have been Fred Daly, who was a minister in the Whitlam government, Leo McLeay, who was Speaker of the House 1989–93, and Anthony Albanese, the present member for the seat. Albanese was a minister in the Rudd and Gillard governments, Deputy Prime Minister for three months in 2013, and is currently the leader of the Labor Party (since 2019) and Prime Minister of Australia (since 2022).

Daly was succeeded by Tony Whitlam at the 1975 election, the election that Whitlam's father and Labor Party leader Gough Whitlam had lost. The younger Whitlam served only one term before losing preselection to Frank Stewart, who transferred from the abolished neighbouring Division of Lang. Stewart died in office in 1979 and the seat was won by McLeay in the subsequent by-election.

When Transport Minister Graham Richardson was briefly forced out of cabinet due to the Marshall Islands affair before the 1993 election, Albanese, who was a left-wing power-broker in the party, arranged for fellow left-winger Jeannette McHugh to be promoted to the ministry. McHugh's seat of Phillip was due to be abolished in the election. Being a minister allowed her to be entitled to a seat, so she transferred to Grayndler. This forced McLeay to transfer from Grayndler to Watson. McHugh retired in 1996 and handed the seat to Albanese,[2] who still holds it today.

Boundaries

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by 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.[3]

At 32 square kilometres (12 sq mi), it is Australia's smallest electorate,[4] located in the inner-southern Sydney metropolitan area, including parts of the inner-west. The electorate includes the suburbs of Balmain, Balmain East, Birchgrove, Dobroyd Point, Enmore, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lewisham, Lilyfield, Petersham, Rodd Island, Rozelle, and Sydenham; as well as parts of Annandale, Ashfield, Camperdown, Canterbury, Cockatoo Island, Drummoyne, Dulwich Hill, Hurlstone Park, Macdonaldtown, Marrickville, Newtown, Spectacle Island, St Peters, Stanmore and Summer Hill.

Members

Image Member Party Term Notes
  Fred Daly
(1912–1995)		 Labor 10 December 1949 –
11 November 1975		 Previously held the Division of Martin. Served as minister under Whitlam. Retired
  Tony Whitlam
(1944–)		 Labor 13 December 1975 –
10 December 1977		 Lost preselection. Failed to win the Division of St George
  Frank Stewart
(1923–1979)		 Labor 10 December 1977 –
16 April 1979		 Previously held the Division of Lang. Died in office
  Leo McLeay
(1945–)		 Labor 23 June 1979 –
13 March 1993		 Served as Speaker during the Hawke and Keating Governments. Transferred to the Division of Watson
  Jeannette McHugh
(1934–)		 Labor 13 March 1993 –
29 January 1996		 Previously held the Division of Phillip. Served as minister under Keating. Retired
  Anthony Albanese
(1963–)		 Labor 2 March 1996 –
present		 Served as minister under Rudd and Gillard. Served as Deputy Prime Minister under Rudd. Served as Opposition Leader from 2019 to 2022. Incumbent. Currently the Prime Minister of Australia

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in New South Wales § Grayndler.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Grayndler[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Anthony Albanese 50,723 53.63 +2.77
Greens Rachael Jacobs 20,846 22.04 −0.51
Liberal Ben Zhang 15,111 15.98 −5.78
United Australia David Smith 2,101 2.22 +1.01
Independent Sarina Kilham 1,973 2.09 +2.09
One Nation Paul Henselin 1,449 1.53 +1.53
Fusion James Haggerty 1,222 1.29 +1.29
Animal Justice Michael Dello-Iacovo 1,148 1.21 +1.21
Total formal votes 94,573 95.47 −0.28
Informal votes 4,483 4.53 +0.28
Turnout 99,056 90.11 −1.22
Notional two-party-preferred count
Labor Anthony Albanese 74,571 78.85 +5.02
Liberal Ben Zhang 20,002 21.15 −5.02
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Anthony Albanese 63,413 67.05 +0.75
Greens Rachael Jacobs 31,160 32.95 −0.75
Labor hold Swing+0.75
Two-candidate preferred results in Grayndler

References

  1. 1 2 "Grayndler – Federal Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Grayndler Electorate Profile". 2004 Federal Election. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2004.
  3. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Grayndler - Australia Votes | Federal Election 2016 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. ↑ Grayndler, NSW, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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